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Pumbaa

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:28 pm

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WoW again Katy :mrgreen:

wild cats and even more wild cats plus kill - Pearl spotted owls and even more pearl spotted owls plus kill - cheetahs and again even more and even closer cheetahs :mrgreen:

What to say anymore and even lions and, and, and :thumbs_up:

What a great day you had :mrgreen:

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Philip1

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:33 pm

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Still enjoying your TR and Amazing Photos :great:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:38 am

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@ Pumbaa
The Kalahari spoiled us :lol:

Indeed an awesome day

@ Philip1
Thank you!
Still more to come.....
I try to hurry up a bit :wink:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:33 am

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14.11.

There wasn't space left on the previous page, to post a pic of our roosterkoek.....
They looked great and tasted even better....
I think the next time we are going to try some variations, like adding olives or thyme and rosemary...

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Today was a very hot day and so we did not drive too much.
Early in the morning we spotted a Jackal at Craig Lockhardt.

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Then a Kitty that obviously had a tiring night.

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Later near Dalkeith another Wildcat....
In the very same tree where we saw the two together the other day.

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Shortly after that another one....

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And on our way back to Mata Mata another...

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One of the many Kalahari Raptors shortly before reaching Craig Lockhardt waterhole.

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After we had passed Sitzas we spotted another veeery tire Cat.

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We spend the after noon in the camp, doing some washing and rearranging our stuff, as we were moving to Urikaruus the next day.

On the afternoon drive we saw and smelled once again the rain, but not a single drop reached us.

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We spotted the Tree Rats again....
See they must have felt hot too.....

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Mister handsome lying underneath the tree....

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Watching his dinner....

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And later.... a Wildcat crossing the riverbed....... north of Dalkeith...

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Magical Kalahari light....

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It was already pretty dark, when we reached Mata Mata a couple of minutes before gate closing time, just as we had entered the camp gates we spotted this Hare right beside the road.

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Later when we had the braai another Lion came to visit the waterhole, unfortunately too dark for photos and nearly too dark for videos, but a wonderful farewell sighting.

Tomorrow we are off to Urikaruus.

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Pumbaa

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:42 pm

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The number of wild cats you saw is incredible - I would love to know their whole number in the KTP :big_eyes:

Must be uncountable ones........

The tree rats are gorgeous as well and the rooesterkoek looks yummy - I still have to try the recipe you gave to me - As soon as the snow is melted away and we will do our first braai here I will try them and make a picture :thumbs_up:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:57 pm

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I will have to count our AWC sightings at the end of the trip report :hmz:

And I guess we even drove past some that we didn't even see :lol:

Looking forward to the pics of your first roosterkoek :thumbs_up:

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Zypresse

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:15 pm

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Pumbaa wrote:

.... and the rooesterkoek looks yummy - I still have to try the recipe you gave to me - As soon as the snow is melted away and we will do our first braai here I will try them and make a picture :thumbs_up:

katydownunder wrote:

... Looking forward to the pics of your first roosterkoek :thumbs_up:

Hey, we already tried ... three times and they got better with more practice!

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:22 pm

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Zypresse wrote:

Hey, we already tried ... three times and they got better with more practice!

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I'll second that!
And they look great :clap:

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Zypresse

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:27 pm

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katydownunder wrote:

... And they look great :clap:

Thank you!

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Trrp-trrrrrrrr

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 8:39 pm

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Katydownunder

:big_eyes:

...AWC...for Africa. :clap:

Those mice have the sweetest little faces :dance:

...stunning pics and video of them. :mrgreen:

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hilda

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:01 am

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The roosterkoek looks delicious Katydownunder!

So many AWCs! Awesome pictures and video! And that little Tree Mouse! So cute! :clap:

Gorgeous picture of the "Magical Kalahari light"! :dance:

I hope we will also be so lucky to see a Lion at the Mata Mata waterhole next year! :clap:

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barryels

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:27 am

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Hi Katydownunder!!

Had a lot of catching up to do :redface:

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Stunning sightings all around, especially the cheetah mom with her cubs :clap:

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And then so many AWC's as well :dance:

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I still think that the time of year plays a big part in sightings you will have :hmz:

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Thanks so much for sharing :thumbs_up:

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Suej

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:32 am

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Truly magical ! :big_eyes:

Those AFC's certainly spoiled you, as did the Cheetah with cubs, owls and ratties! :mrgreen:

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melph68

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:19 pm

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Hi Katy

Your wildcat photos are truly stunning :cam:

I particularly like the ones of the AWCs roaming about, on the prowl :thumbs_up:

And again, the little tree rats are delightfully cute :lol:

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katydownunder

Post subject: Re: Travelling the Red Dunes- KTP October/November 2012

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:01 am

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@ Trrp-trrrrrrrr
We saw many of the Tree Rats this year, was that the reason that we saw so many Wildcats ?! :hmz:

@ hilda
So you really got infected ?! :whistle:

Keeping my fingers crossed for more nice sightings next year

@ barryels

Quote:

Had a lot of catching up to do

I was busy :lol:

We always had great sightings in November.
We have been in KTP in May, it was freezing cold and we had many wonderful Snake sightings, the landscape was different, but although it's really hot we prefer the November.

@ Suej
Not only the Wildcats, but the Kalahari spoiled us once again...

@ melph68
Thank you!

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