Breakfast at Tshokwane with friends from Lower Sabie
Saw this single Wild dog about 8 Km north of Satara. It ran up the tar for about 1 Km before heading into the bush. It was smelling all the time obviously looking for the rest of the pack.
Crested Barbet eating the scraps from our Breakfast at camp
Single file of Wildebees on the S90
On the Final Morning at Satara we went to Girivana at 06h00 to have some Coffee and rusks and hoped to see some Lion. Girivana has always been our favourite waterhole in Kruger, we always spend the afternoons there until 5 pm allowing ourselves 30 min to get back to Satara before gate close.
This is the first time that I can remember when we have spent 15 days at Satara without seeing a single Lion, is it because of the dry conditions, has their normal prey migrated to better pastures? I would like to hear some other opinions.
Normally the sightings boards are full of red dots indicating Lion sightings at Satara, but we were lucky to get one dot a day and then it was around Orpen.
Look at this series of Zebra we saw at Girivana on our last morning.
This was an hour after sunrise so the lighting was perfect
Is this an albino Zebra or just a very white version
Look at the eye compared to a normal one.
Also the top of the mane is white instead of black.
The ears are also whiter
A good pose and comparison
This Stallion would not allow this Mare, who had a limp, anywhere near the water to drink.
BBJ's at Girivana
After the early morning drive we decided to go back to Satara and break up camp, move to Berg en Dal, a four hour drive away where we would spend the night, ready for an early start in the morning so that we get could get to Kim's house in Fourways before the notorious Johannesburg peak traffic started.
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