Nossob 4x4 Eco Trail & almost lion food

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:gflower: Thank you for all the lovely comments, appreciate all of them :k

As we arrive at Kij Kij, the one Kij Kij brother was at the waterhole...
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We followed him when he left...
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He crossed the Nossob road & lied down...
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Then his brother joined him...
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We decided to sit it out :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
until it was time to have some breakfast...
:tongue: overload loading.... :tongue:
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The "steal" bird also arrived.... from Botswana side...
It did flew ±9 times over... :slap:
Every time it flew over, the brothers lift their head's and looked at it... :sniper:
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Some Gemsbok wanted to have a drink, but as soon as they got the cent of :whistle: danger, they decided to rather leave.... :whistle:
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The Lions was however not interesting in them...
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Some brotherly love :heart:
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The one went again to the other side of the road...
While his brother stayed for a while...
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He then joined his brother in the shade...
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Again some Gemsbok arrived...
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Not interesting to "hunt..."
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We decided to leave Kij Kij waterhole...
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We spend a lovely 3 hours there & returned to TR for some breakfast...
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Love the bat-eared foxes in the previous episode.

KTP lions are huge :big_eyes:
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What a wonderful lion sighting. They had decent tummies!
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Perfect capturing of well-eaten Kij-Kij brothers :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:
Let's see where they will be seen next?

I love the photo where brothers are checking steal bird :thumbs_up:

Gemsbok checking the situation :shock:

Thank you for sharing kids@camping :gflower:
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Super sighting of the brothers. :D What a tummy. :lol:

I can understand the Gemsbok's caution.

The effect of the scattered light is very atmospheric. :thumbs_up:

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:D
Later for breakfast than anticipated but we’ll worth the delay :D :D :D

Love this pic especially :dance:
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Thanks kids@camping :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Thanks so much, kids@camping,

simple love the cute cape foxes as well as the BBJ's :clap: :clap: :clap:

and what a great lion sightings WoW :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Superb Lion sightings ....... :clap: :clap:

Thank you for sharing ....... :thumbs_up:
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:gflower: Thank you very much for all the lovely comments, appreciate each and every one of them :k

We left the Lions at Kij Kij and not even 2km from there on our way to TR for some breakfast... :dance:
A young male leopard :dance:
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We were the only vehicle :dance: :dance:
Some vehicles arrived, but moved on towards the lions... :wall:
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Breakfast were delayed.... :P
We spend quite some time with this beauty :dance:
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He was quite lazy...
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Overload... :twisted:
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It was now already past breakfast time, so we decided to leave & enjoy lunch at the restaurant at TR...
Must say, it was VERY delicious


At our camping spot... use to be the "no power" sites....
Cicada Skeleton :hmz:
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T.b.c.... late afternoon drive to Kij Kij
:hmz: Will the Lions still be there :hmz:
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I do understand you spent some time with him :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Those yawn photos :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :clap: :clap: :clap:

TR restaurant is so good :thumbs_up:

Thank you for sharing kids@camping :gflower:

And did you notice these?
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:D

Oh come on - you leave lions behind only to find a leopard lazing around :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Good find and photo of the cicada remains :D

At last a well deserved meal :dance:

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What a sighting. :D :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

Fantastic images. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Same male leopard that I saw on 11 Feb.
Nice sighting!! :clap: :clap:
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kids@camping, what a stretch of sightings! :clap: Lions and a leopard, all before breakfast — now that’s what I call a proper KTP morning! :mrgreen:

Love the relaxed poses and those big yawns — clearly a cat who knows he has the spotlight. :D The way he just soaked up the attention while others zoomed past... their loss, your gain!

Also chuckled at the “steal bird” drama earlier — those brothers keeping an eye on the skies like true royalty. :wink:

Thanks for sharing every golden moment — always a joy to ride along with you. :popcorn:
Looking forward to seeing if the lions made an encore!
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