29 March 2018
Earlier this month, Mary and I set off in a fully
loaded Priscilla, to revisit one of our all-time favourite places…… The
Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. We had last been there 14 years ago, but
this time were planning an overlapping trip with Kim and Steve in their own
fully equipped off road Hilux. The overlapping was brought about largely as a
result of us having booked 6 months ago, and K & S having booked whatever
vacancies they could find during the same time period, starting in Feb. Kim
logged on to the Sanparks site daily, for any cancellations, and by combining our schedules
we ended up with a wonderful mixture of 5 common nights, and 5 days during
which we each went our own ways, meeting up again a day or two later to brag
about our sightings!
The pictures which follow, show exactly what makes the
Kgalagadi so special …. It was still very hot, and very much greener than we
have seen before, being at the end of the rainy season, which also allows the
game to drift further away from the river beds. I have taken the liberty of
including about 8 of Steve’s photos, (lions, leopards, Tawny eagle with prey),
as we were not lucky enough to see lions or leopards! We on the other hand were
very lucky with Cheetah. Between us we saw almost everything the park has to
offer, including Brown Hyena, Spotted Hyena, Eland, Meerkats and Honey Badgers,
Cape Fox, Bat Eared Foxes, and Genets, even though they are not included in the
photos!
Thanks to Steve for the following:
