Love the eyes |
10 week old cub at Malamala |
I have no idea what this is but saw it while driving down the road and snapped it thru the windshield. |
Giant Eagle Owl |
Lilac Breasted Roller |
The mohawk cutie. Taken at a hotel on the way to Mashatu |
Can't resist taking a picture of a roar. I mean yawn. |
Young king's of the jungle. Taken at a hotel on the way to Mashatu |
Gray lourie or go away bird |
Look at the little twig he's holding in his trunk. What a cutie! |
Meves's (Longtailed) Starling (Thanks for the ID, Kaye) |
Swainson's spurfowl (I think) |
Greater Blue-Eared Starling with a Natal Francolin in the background (ID courtesy of KayeN) |
Female Golden-Breasted Bunting (ID courtesy of KayeN) |
This one is posing. Male Golden-Breasted Bunting |
Had to crop a lot to be able to see this little guy |
Kudu |
Can't resist a yawn. |
Love, love love the eyes |
First sunset at Mashatu |
The mohawk dude again. Taken at a hotel on the way to Mashatu. |
Crested barbett |
Front view of crested barbett |
A new little baby |
See ya later Mom and Brand New Baby! |
This is Richard of Mashatu taken by Afke (at Pete's Pond) |
A picture of Paul at Pete's Pond taken by Afke. |
Paul of Pete's Pond. Picture taken by Afke. Rest in Peace, Paul. |
Sunset at Mashatu |
A fluffy lilac breasted roller |
elefoot |
elefeet |
eletoes |
eledance |
eleskin |
eletail |
eletrunk |
eletoes |
eletrunk |
Hoopoe. I just can't seem to get a good picture of these birds. Want one with the crest fully up. |
zebras |
A beautiful sunset. Ashley and Katie |
Rock dassies or Rock Hyrax, (Procavia capensis) . Look how many there are! |
We are really in the middle of nowhere |
Crimson-breasted Shrike. I have only seen a couple of these birds and haven't gotten good photos. ID thanks to KayeN. |
4 Cheetahs. We saw them 5 days out of 6 |
A giraffe and baby in the sunrise |
Eland - they are huge |
Giraffe |
More Giraffes |
African wild cat |
Giant Eagle Owl |
Bank of the dry Limpopo River where the Bee-eaters make their holes |
Wild dog |
Collared wild dog. Released at Mashatu in Apr 2008 (I think) |
Standing in a tidy line eating the warthog |
Share and share alike. The dog on the right looks like he's going in for the good stuff. |
Tug of war |
Wild dog with a chunk bitten out of his side |
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Baboons |
Closeup. C'mon, you have to admit it's funny |
Looks like he's guarding the liver? His ears are big enough to leave a shadow. |
Fighting dogs |
Wild dogs eating warthog. |
Jackal finally gets his turn. |
That warthog was bigger than the jackal |
Not much left for the jackal. Just a little meat on the ribs |
a bush buck right at our tent! |
Bushbucks. Mom, Dad and newborn. Born the day before we arrived but took a couple days to get a picture. |
This calf looks too large to be newborn but the ranger said it had just been born and that's blood on mom's legs from birth. |
The baby has hair that newborns have. I'm not sure when it goes away or becomes less noticable. |
Tiny, tiny babe. |
It's hard to pass by a Lilac Breasted Roller without stopping. You can see this one's tongue. |
Impala in the sunset |
Silly young elephant |
My lovely group. Yes, it's cold. L-R is Richard, Ashley, Katie, Justice and Carla |
Leopard in a tree |
Steenbok |
Candelabra tree and rock Dassies on the top of the rock. |
Baobab high on a hill |
Kudu bull |
12' python found dead on the side of the road. Partially eaten |
Justice holding the snake |
We all have to pick it up. It's heavy! |
Ashley thinks it's gross |
She's trying to lift it higher |
Katie looking like it's not heavy |
cheetah surveying the land |
Leopard |
Lioness holding her head in the beautiful lioness pose |
Leopard in the tree |
Bee-eaters on the bank |
Close up of bee-eaters |
elephants coming towards us. Can you see them? |
A little closer |
This place is so awesome |
This didn't turn out as planned. The elephants are walking away in the background but they're out of focus. |
Justice Cindy Katie Ashley Richard |
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Too much lens at a cat fight |
The action only lasted seconds |
Stranglehold |
Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen |
Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen 2 BR suite |
Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen |
Our room at Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa |
Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen |
Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen |
Hill Top Country Lodge in Tzaneen |
There was no roof over the shower. 4 walls but open air at the top. Cool! Literally. It was very cool. |
Ashley and Katie riding in the cable car across the Limpopo River from SA into Botswana |
Sign in South Africa |
Sign in South Africa |
selling oranges on the side of the highway |
Sign in South Africa |
Many flowers growing on the side of the road |
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Why don't they fix the potholes instead of putting up signs? |
rock dassies |