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Just talked to my sister who is camping at Mata Mata.

Lion with cubs last night at waterhole ....

.... and she was busy looking at leopard with a buck catch up a tree when we spoke (2min ago) on her Satt phone - dont know how far from Mata Mata as the line went dead. Will post where if I get hold of her again.

Woww !!! I am seriously jealous

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Ps. It was close to Urikaruus

We did the midnight gamedrive from Twee Rivieren last night. I'm used to quiet ones, for the fun. Not this one. Up to Leeudril and back we got:

Striped polecat
Genet
Spotted Eagle Owls
Barn Owls
Several Bat-eared foxes, one with 4 tiny cubs, hopping around like rats.
A Cape Fox with a cub.
Oryx
Springbok
Several Springhares
Several Black-backed Jackal
Brown Hyena
African Wildcats

And the cherry on top, barely 5km out of camp, a cheetah which we followed along the Riverbed.

The Springbokke have started lambing, so there's been a dramatic increase in Predator activity. We stopped for 3 at Rooputs feeding on a lamb yesterday around 9am when an idiot Springbok ran
past them with her lamb. They took out the lamb in under 1 minute. Clean and efficient.

The Nossob riverbed is the place to be at the moment.

thank you Guinea Pig, superb midnight drive indeed

the Springkogs already was lambing end of Septembre
maybe just for me

Morning all,

Herewith some pictures taken by Padloper who asked me just to post them.

Caracal at Leeudril:

Scorpion with prey (Barking gecko)

Cape Cobra

Group Photo

Creepy.......

KG

Morning all.

It seems that the brown Hyena’s have all come out to play. The last two drives the guides saw 5 different brownie sightings. This morning was lion, cheetah.

Nossob

Sunset
Leeus - Lions
Bakore - BEF
Awc - AWC
Jakkalse - Jackal
Gevlekte ooruile - Owls
Bruin Hyaena - Brown hyena

Midnight drive
Jakkals - Jackal
Springhase - Springhare
Bakore - BEF

Wow....KG

Good sightings

Everyone must be happy with an impressive menu like that

Leaving us as home with a

Enjoy

Morning all,

The game drives at Twee Rivieren is pumping - the last two days the following was sighted.

Lions (Mating etc)
Leopard
Cheetah - making a kill, mother with cub
Brown hayena
Cape fox
Striped polecat
BEF
Jackal
Plenty owls & general game.

Nossob

Sunset Drive

Jagluiperd - Cheetah
Bruin hyaena x2 - Brown hyaena
Jakkalse - Jackal
Gewone wild - General Game

Night Drive

Bakore - BEF
Jakkalse - Jackal
Springhase - Springhare

Morning drive

Leeu - Lions
Gewone wild - General game


Sunset Drive

Leeus op hangers, Maries en by die kamp se hek. - Lions at Haagners, Maries and by Camp gate
Bruin hyaena - Brown Hayena
Ystervark - Porcupine
Jakkalse - Jackal
Gewone wild - General Game

Enjoy

sounds like things are still pumping!!

one question - what is "Haagners"? can't find it on my KTP map?

Hi Morkel

I asked Jan exactly the same question yesterday so Im sure he wont mind me answering you - its the NO-ENTRY road at Nossob that is used for their game drives - the 5km loop in the riverbed ......

Thanks Scouter.

Just returned from Mata Mata where I had to go do some work.

The trip there and back was just amazing, the following was seen:

All in all about 13 Spotted Hyena’s
Spotted Hyena which just caught a baby springbok and totally just taking it apart it.
2 large male lions
2 lionesses
Cheetah with three cubs
Plenty baby animals which included Wildebeest, Springbok and Hartebeest

HAVE A GREAT DAY

Awesome !! Wouldnt half mind a drive like that to work every day

the 3 little Cheetahs are still... alive
it's really the Brown Hyenas time