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| The view from the clients seats....... |
With great wildlife encounters and hilarious company it was one of the most fun safaris I've had.
So the fact that I've hardly even looked at the photos I took during the 6 days, let alone published any, can only be put down to how busy I was that year with Garden Route/Cape Town tours and the occasional Kruger safari in between.......
So here are a few of my favourite encounters - enjoy!
Mid-day at De Laporte waterhole
We spent over half an hour quietly watching these giraffe enjoy a mid-day drink, and trying to capture that moment when they snap their heads back up with a fountain of water...... (I didn't succeed!)
In a cloud of dust, with excited squeals and trumpets, the elephant herd charged in, chasing off both impala and giraffe....
From start to finish, the elephant took less than 10 minutes to totally disrupt the quiet waterhole, have a quick drink, turn the small puddle into a mud wallow and then vanish into the bushes again far more silently than they had arrived........
The Birds
August is not the best time of the year for birding, but during our safari I was pleased to get some of my best captures of Helmeted Guinea Fowl, the Lilac-breasted Roller, Crested Barbet and Red-billed Oxpeckers.
Kruger at it's finest....
Over the 3 days we were in Kruger we saw an amazing number of animals and here is just a very small selection of my favourite photos.....
Baboons warily watching a lioness
Such a handsome Nyala bull
A young Baboon
White Rhino calf
Sunrise over the Sabie River following an early start on the road north through Kruger.
Karongwe Private Game Reserve
The last 2 nights of our safari was spent in one of the northern Private Game Reserves - the Karongwe.
We were close enough to this giraffe for me to capture the water-spray!!
We had many lion sightings during this safari, both in Kruger and the Karongwe - but this was my favourite, an alert young male.
The ultimate last encounter......... a pair of mating leopard!! This was the male taking a breather.
4 comments:
Hi Coral - those are amazing shots - so pleased you've found them and felt able to post here ... love seeing Africa and its wildlife once again through your eyes ... all gorgeous - cheers Hilary
Thanks for visiting Hilary. Another benefit of finding "old"photos like these is that it inspires me to get back into the bush as soon as I can :)
Thanks, as always, Sue. These photos invikei strong feelings of nostalgia. Always a joy to see
Thank you for commenting Gavin. I understand the nostalgia :) After spending time with these photos and others I'm planning my return to Kruger sooner rather than later!
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