Nossob 4x4 Eco Trail & almost lion food

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:D
Love all the ostrich chicks :dance:

Mongoose members playing and entertaining you guys in camp 8)

Like all your photos :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
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I love the baby ostriches. :D

What a chilled mongoose. The little one is super cute. 8) A delightful sighting.

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Super cute ostrich chicks :D :D

Nice to have locals visiting you :clap: :clap: :clap:

Thank you for sharing k@c :gflower:
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Super sighting and images ............. :clap: :clap:

Thank you for sharing ...... :thumbs_up:
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Well done spotting the flat lion :clap: :clap: Think we might have missed that one.

Love the photo of the cape fox peeping out of the hole :D

Not a lot left of the eland :?

Lots of ostrich families about. The second lot have done very well as they seem to have quite a few chicks.

love the :cam: of the yellow mongoose in camp. The little one looks so cute :heart:
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:gflower: Thank you for all the lovely comments :k

3 December 2024...
And so it was our second last full day in the park :cry:

We left TR just after 06:00
Lanner Falcon in the morning light... getting ready for the day...
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Two gemsbok
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Different Cape Fox Dens...
We were really blessed with sightings of them...
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Then we were "just" in-time for this breathtaking sighting at Kij Kij :dance: :dance:
A young male leopard came walking straight towards us to have a drink at the waterhole...
He is apparently about 2 1/2 years old :hmz:
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Reaching the waterhole...
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:slap: Overload in next episode...
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I agree the foxes are cuteness overload. What a great leopard sighting!

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I saw that leopard on 11 Feb! :dance: :dance:
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:D
Lanner in early morning light :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Cape fox pics - love them -thanks :D

Leopard incoming very 8) Also a little bit :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Cheers k@c :D
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Thanks so much, kids@camping,

really love the ostrich chicks, the yellow mongoose, the cape fox den and for sure finally a leopard :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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I love Lanner Falcon morning series :D :D

Another Cape Fox den :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: You were really blessed :D What a joy to follow from your photos :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Super special leopard moment :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Thank you for sharing k@c :gflower:
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:gflower:
Thank you for all the lovely comments, appreciate :gflower:


This episode is just of the young male leopard at Kij Kij... he was given the name of !Ooema... :hmz:
He drank for more than 5 minutes, so ample time for lots of :cam: :cam: & video were taken...
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Some Sandgrouse's were also thirsty...
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Looking straight towards us... :big_eyes:
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After he quenched his thirst... he left towards the East...
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We did not follow him... we stayed at the waterhole...
We were so happy about the sighting... :hands:
What an amazing sighting of this young leopard! :dance: :dance:

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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
What a magnificent animal :dance: :dance: :clap:
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:D
What an experience watching him all that time - brilliant photos :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

I would be on cloud 9 after that treat :dance:

Thanks k@c :D
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You really were blessed to have that experience :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance: :clap: :dance:

Thank you so much k@c for sharing with us :gflower: :gflower:
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