A Few more Leopards

This was such a special moment as it's the first time in my life I've seen a leopard in the wild and I got to spend about an hour with him.

My favorite pic so far .....

Wild wild wild ...

Etosha Revisited .....

Etosha re visited.....

When I say revisited, this time because I took my folks camping wasn't an option. However as we have camped there before I thought I would post some updated pics. The other thing is that we went in my car which was more comfy for the old folks but not the best for game viewing as we had to stay on the main roads..
It was a two thousand kilometer drive from Cape Town and about 500 km in and around the park with all the morning and evening drives and the same back again. It's a good tar road the whole way up there and it took us two days up and the same back again.
Traveling on my own with 3 eighty plus year olds was very interesting and I learnt how patience is a virtue :-)
So here are a few gems from our geriatric road trip....

The Kgalagadi through Dave's eye

Dave got a new toy, a camera and took some beautiful pictures too. I took these off his memory card.

Museum in the Kgalagadi

A Lizard

Bateleur

Eagle Owls

Lion Tracks (fresh)

Western Marsh Harrier (I think)

Grey Heron

Grey Winged Francolin

Camp at Mata Mata

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, What a trip!!!!

You never know your luck. Some people go to game parks and never get to see the lion or cheetah. We were just so blessed to see so much even though sometimes you drive for ages not seeing a thing, then all of a sudden you see a couple of lioness's and a black mane lion walking down the side of the road. Or you go for your last drive in the park and a couple of cheetah decide to cross the road in front of you. You need lots of patience when game viewing and the excitement is the trip, the game is a bonus. Getting pictures in focus of the game is just a cherry on the top of the cake.
The roads are good in the Kgalagadi and doable with a 2 x 4. A 4 x 4 is only required if you're staying at any of the "wild" camps like Bitterpan. There are areas with lots of corrugation so if you have a vehicle with larger tyres it does make the trip more enjoyable. You get told as you enter to let your tyres down to 1.5 bars and it makes all the difference.
Each main camp site like Twee Rieveren, Mata Mata and Nossob have little shops where you can get all the essentials so don't stress if you think you're running out of something.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is well worth the visit, just don't rush through too fast. Look in and under the trees for awesome sightings.