Taste of the Bush African Journeys

21/03/2025

Baby Red Toad rescued from the swimming pool :-)

13/03/2025

Male Chinspot Batis with his catch

10/02/2025

I could not understand what this Hyena was doing, constantly sniffing the front of my vehicle... Then later that day I put the puzzle together... The previous night, some time after sunset, I ordered a take-away steak from the restaurant. When I got to the safari vehicle (I still had to drive some distance to the chalet), I had too many things in my hands in order to open the vehicle door. So I put the take away on the bonnet, and some sauce dripped out...

19/01/2025

18/01/2025

Their bristle and needle-like hair very prominent here. The also have a pre-orbital gland with which they mark territory.

18/01/2025

What strange dental arrangements hippos have!

13/01/2025

Collared Sunbird female. The people who named some birds really sometimes did a poor job. She has no collar, only the male has... Still pretty!

06/01/2025

During yesterday`s safari. We could not really see the lions... and then, a large herd of buffalo appeared and flushed the lions towards the road! Thank you buffaloes!

31/12/2024

May we have a cool cat 25!! Happy Happy!!!

22/12/2024

We wish all our guests, followers, friends, future guests and anyone reading this a wonderful Christmas and a great 25!!!

13/12/2024

13/12/2024

Another Kruger (have seen this many times before outside the Park) lifer! Springhare! aka Krugeroo...

13/12/2024

At last, proof of a Pennent-winged nightjar! I had a good look through the binoculars, and what a special bird! Taking a good photo was another story, we had very low light and a distant visual... But I am so happy!

13/12/2024

Not our video, but rather crazy!

13/12/2024

Sunrise near Klopperfontein, far-northern Kruger National Park.

28/11/2024

Pel`s Fishing Owl

23/11/2024

What an epic 6-day birding trip over several thousands of kilometers, over mountains, through forests, along river banks, next to dams in sugar can farms, through grasslands, the bushveld and the Lowveld! I saw several new lifers like Thick-billed Cuckoo (totally out of range), Magpie Mannikins, Cape Eagle Owl, Blue Spotted Wood Doves, several new Larks and Cisticolas and so many other birds, but the absolute highlight was the Pel`s Fishing Owl, and this seen 45 minutes into the trip!

06/11/2024

Coqui Francolin female