The Heat is on and the Lions as well

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:D
S126 is a scenic drive in my opinion and as you found it can be vey quiet :D

Ximangwaneni waterbuck and Impala interactions :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Bossy wee waterbuck :lol: :lol:

Knob billed ducks - nice :thumbs_up:

Love the cub images -such big dark eyes 8)
Super sighting :dance:

Thanks Pumbaa and Timon :D
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All these babies. :D :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

It doesn't get better than this. Prey and predator, all so endearing. What a day.

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What a fabulous sighting, the cubs are so cute. :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: Sometimes when I see the heavy traffic ahead I need to decide do we sit and wait or turn around and avoid the jam..... but luck was on your side :dance: and being the last to the sighting worked in your favor. Thanks for sharing the :cam:
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Super sightings and images ........ :clap: :clap:

.for sure a jackpot photographing Lion cubs in the open ........... :dance:

Thank you for sharing ........ :thumbs_up:
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umtali1 wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 11:24 pm I love the baby waterbuck and impies :dance: :dance:

Mother lion and her 2 cubs. Wow!! One of those precious moments :dance: :dance: :dance:. Lovely photos to remind you :dance: :dance: :whistle:

Thank you again for sharing them with us :gflower:
Definitely whenever we came across the site we met them we do think of them :dance:
Karin Mitton wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 7:21 am The baby waterbuck was adorable, but the lion cubs - oh WOW! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: One day when I am big I will see a lioness with cubs on the road like that. A dream sighting and great photos! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Definitely a dream sighting and we still could not believe our luck :big_eyes:
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Carla + Tony wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 9:04 am Cute baby waterbuck (although the impala might think differently :wink: ). I like the photo of mum and baby in the water. We have never seen them in water, only ever on dry land.

Lioness with cubs......in the middle of the road, WOW :mrgreen: I agree with Karin, a dream sighting.
Fantastic photos and well done Timon :clap: :clap: :clap: . In the photos it does look like there are no cars around, even though it was mayhem.
We often see waterbucks in water especially when it is hot but they can also be seen in the hotest part of the day lying in the sun :thumbs_up: Yes, it was a mayhem and we were so happy with all the shots Timon took :dance:
FinMari wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 11:09 am Waterbuck youngster is one of the cutiest animals :D :D Seems naughty though :hmz:

You really were lucky :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Lion cubs :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:
And they moved (slowly) from grass to be visible and then middle of the road :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Thank you for sharing Pumbaa & Timon :gflower:
They walked quite a while on the road and were not at all disturbed by all the cars around them at least it looked so :thumbs_up:
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colbol wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 8:20 pm :D
S126 is a scenic drive in my opinion and as you found it can be vey quiet :D

Ximangwaneni waterbuck and Impala interactions :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
Bossy wee waterbuck :lol: :lol:

Knob billed ducks - nice :thumbs_up:

Love the cub images -such big dark eyes 8)
Super sighting :dance:

Thanks Pumbaa and Timon :D
Definitely a scenic drive especially Welverdiend waterhole :dance: :dance:
Meandering Mouse wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 5:08 am All these babies. :D :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

It doesn't get better than this. Prey and predator, all so endearing. What a day.

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Totally right and a pefect day as well :dance: :dance: :dance:
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Ollie wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 6:02 pm What a fabulous sighting, the cubs are so cute. :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: Sometimes when I see the heavy traffic ahead I need to decide do we sit and wait or turn around and avoid the jam..... but luck was on your side :dance: and being the last to the sighting worked in your favor. Thanks for sharing the :cam:
We always give it a try when coming closer to traffic jams but that sighting was pure luck :thumbs_up:
Jan van Wyk wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 3:49 pm Super sightings and images ........ :clap: :clap:

.for sure a jackpot photographing Lion cubs in the open ........... :dance:

Thank you for sharing ........ :thumbs_up:
At least one jackpot sighting like that is allowed, I think :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
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We still slowly were following the crowd and were lucky in getting shots like that

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as on top the lioness stopped from time to time to look a bit around or to let the cubs make up ground so that they were able to keep up with her.

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The two rascals were simply too cute for words

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and were well-behaved little cubs

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luckily the masses of cars or better to say the drivers were also well-behaved and due to the time of the day most of the cars were now following the lions whilst no cars were coming from the direction from Orpen.

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From time to time the two cubs were playful as well

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especially playing tag with the sibling was great fun.

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After nearly 20 minutes whilst following the lions the mother turned into the field but still walked along the roadside extreme good visible for everybody around

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whilst the two cubs imitated her.

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They now once again walked right besides our car and our cameras again had to do overtime

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They continued walking into the direction of Orpen and now again walked again onto the road but as we got our shots and had a fantastic time with them we finally turned around and let the crowd still follow them.

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We drove slowly back the H7 and were happy when a group of male kudus crossed our path

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and on top were even willing to pose a bit

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and so did this male waterbuck

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before we finally returned to camp around 15.00 o’clock in the afternoon after such an eventful day so we decided that we will stay for the rest of the day in camp and having an early braai as well.

Monday, 19 February 2024 - Satara

Explored roads: H1-4 – H1-3 – H6 – S37 – S41 – S90 – H1-4 – H7 – H1-4

As we had such good sightings along the H6 yesterday and as the grass was there not that high compared to other areas around Satara we decided to start the day again whilst driving that road and although the lions we met there yesterday were not around today we stopped for a couple of amur falcons

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as well as for a yellow billed kite.

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We then came across a hyena den where the biggest hyenas was lying right in the middle of the road

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whilst one of the younger ones was eying us suspiciously.

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All of them were indeed extreme relaxed and we could easily take a couple of close ups

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from the members of the clan who showed up and were willing to pose

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some were lying very well hidden in the grass and did not move the whole time we spent with them but the youngsters could not resist and came close.

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to be continued.....................................
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Such a super sighting of those cubs.
Love the male kudus and waterbuck.
And of course hyenas. Lovely close-ups. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Such a special moment with the lion cubs :dance: :dance:

Very handsome kudu and waterbuck :dance:

Lovely birds too :dance:

Chilled hyena :clap:
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Fantastic time spent with the lioness and her two cubs :dance: It must have been hard to drive away from them.

Majestic looking kudus and waterbuck. They did pose very well for you :thumbs_up:

Great :cam: of the amur falcon and the yellow billed kite.

Love all the photos of the hyenas. They look very relaxed indeed. You got some great close up shots :clap: :clap:
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Just brilliant ......amazing sightings with stunning images ..... :clap: :clap:

Thank you for sharing... :thumbs_up:
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:D
Playful lion cubs :dance: love all the photos-thanks :D

Kudu gang out and about 8)

Amur and Kite pics :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Thank you :D
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