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Thanx anne-marie and Katy!

There was a carcass of a big Eland nearby. The vultures were waiting their turn.



I think this sighting was the most vultures that we had ever seen together in the Kgalagadi. Vultures were camped out under every nearby tree. I think this one is a Cape vulture, although it does not seem to have a yellow eye.(I f anybody can help here please )



We went onto Kij Kij and found another Eland belly-up.



A lone jackal was on guard some distance away. There were zero vultures around, all were a few kms down the road.

We turned around and headed back to TR. When we passed the dead Eland near Rooiputs, the vultures had taken over.



We eventually left the vultures. I jokingly asked Mark to speed up a bit as I did not want us to miss the cheetahs at Samevloeiing.

Near Leeudril, the lion pair were up and otherwise occupied!





Belly-up Eland, mating lions - it was starting to play out exactly like our first day.

We reached Samevloeiing with some minutes to spare and enjoyed this huge Eland bull drinking at the waterhole.



And then....

No sooner had he disappeared along the old Auob track, when these popped out of the brush.







3 cheetahs! A great sighting but the light was fading fast.



2 cheetahs finished drinking and settled down to wait for their mate, under a pink sky. Bliss!





The 3rd cheetah eventually made her way to the pair, and the 3 strolled off after the distant springbok herd.

We HAD to leave.



Goodbye Kgalagadi!

WOW!!!! What fabulous colours in the sky!!!! And the cheetahs

What a wonderful way to end the trip. Thank you for sharing.

indeed a lot of belly-up... alive... and not...
the Vulture could be a juv. or sub-adult with dark eyes
superb Eland drinking
thank you for this beautiful report

Catching up yet again. You certainly had a rewarding last day! That eland is most impressive

Marvelous pictures, all of them

and what stunning sightings.

Absolutely stunning sightings on the last day KTP definitely gave a good show...and terrific goodbye ...for now.

Awesome pics of All...lovely variety ....Sunset colours are gorgeous.

Thank you for sharing you wonderful report with amazing pics..thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

Thank you for sharing your lovely trip with us via this beautiful trip report wanderw!

You had some awesome sightings on your way out! Apart from the poor dead Eland, the Vultures made up for the sighting. Great mating Lion sighting too! And to end your day, a stunning Cheetah sighting, with an unforgettable sunset!

Thanks for a beautiful final day with awesome sightings of cheetah and a stunning sunset .
Thanks for sharing

Thanks for another wonderful and amazing trip you shared with us, Wanda

Urikaruus would also have been a dilemma for me to stay or to drive - What incredible good sightings you had there

Hopefully your next trip will not be that much far in the future

Again, adding my thanks to those of wanderw for all the replies. And, some last pics from the final days of a very eventful trip.

Of course, must include a final lion, shared with lionspoon.

Another of a wild cat (never seen so many on one trip).

A group of Kudu males at 14th, one with the biggest set of horns I have seen.

A scrub hare in daylight.

A night time visitor at Urikaruus.

The final sunset


The arrival of the jeep jockies?


And so farewell till next time.

Thank you so much for more stunning pictures Markw! That is a handsome Lion! His whole body spells strength!

Gorgeous AWC, beautiful Kudus (one with extra big horns!), the Scrub Hare and the little Mouse .... awesome last sightings on this trip!

Gorgeous sunset pictures too! I hope you have already started planning your next trip!

Thanks for sharing this one!

wanderw and mark - wow - just found your TR and read it from page one - absolutely STUNNING !! Your photos are amazing and you had such wonderful sightings i am So many gorgeous cheetah and lions and brownies and AWC and .... and ....

Thank you for making my morning !

Mark and Wanda - thank you so much for sharing your trip with us.
Particularly special to me as our times overlapped quite a bit and
reading here is almost like sighting chats on the road. (Although
the latter is much nicer!)

You definitely had a marvelous time in KTP as well.

Now I just hope to add more big grins to my face with cheetah
sightings on our next trip.

Thanks heaps!

I just love your night time visitor

that is cute.