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Joao

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:41 am

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Location: North West wanting to go East

Even though I have not seen a lot of wildlife on this route the beautiful scenery will always bring me back. There is not a lot of roads like that in KNP.

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G@mespotter

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:39 pm

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okie wrote:

and sometimes it can indeed be very quiet , but hey , who cares :huh:

Totally true, the more you say that, the more interesting Kruger gets!

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GlenD

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:51 am

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Joined: Tue May 06, 2008 4:49 pm
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Location: Busy planning my next trip

Im looking forward to this road in October when we are in Shingwedzi. The last time i travelled
this road was in 1986. I remember one occasion we were busy watching elephants when we suddenly realised we were surounded by the herd :big_eyes:

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Joao

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:00 pm

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GlenD that is something that can easily happen on this lovely road.

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Richprins

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:05 pm

ndloti wrote:

The views of the river bed along the part to the north of the Sirheni turn off are not as spectacular as those along the southern part as the road no longer follows the Mphongolo river , but a tributary of it .

Thanks for answering on my behalf there, ndloti! :redface:

Great pics G@mespotter! :clap:

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Crested Val

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:02 pm

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Location: Brecon Beacons National Park
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I posted earlier that if there were ellies at close quarters I would give it a miss........and then I realised that we had actually travelled this road in March!! :redface:

I can only reiterate what most of you are saying........it is stunning, and luckily for me, the day we travelled there were no ellies in sight. :dance:

We did however see a huge herd of buffs near Shingwedzi. :big_eyes:

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rufie

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:00 pm

Joined: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:36 pm
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Anything seen here??

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stu

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 2:11 pm

Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:20 pm
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Location: peterborough uk

hi rufie,
just got back from 15 nights in kruger travelled this road several times while staying at sirheni saw pride of lions with cubs lots of grumpy ellies and plenty of general game saw the lions 3 out of the 4 days we were there :lol:

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rufie

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:10 pm

Joined: Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:36 pm
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That's nice Stu!

I've seen 2 Female lions with 2 cubs close to Baballala before. Also impala,elephants,steenbuck,sharpe graysbuck,buffalo,kudu,giraffe and vultures

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ndloti

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:44 pm

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Location: Thankfully not in a city

See the debris level from the recent flooding along S56 - taken & days ago .

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Elsa

Post subject: Re: Mphongolo loop s56

Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:04 pm

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Great pics, thanks Ndloti! :thumbs_up:

seeing the debris levels is always a sense of shock and almost disbelief.

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