Trip Report

1 Our first night in Namabia at Teufelskrallen Lodge,	2 The bathroom is next door	3 Secon night at Goibib Mountain Lodge	4 They set up private dining for us in the outdoor lounge
5 The orange River looked pretty dirty after all the rains in Upington	6 We stayed 1 night at Kgalagadi Lodge outside of the Park to sort our groceries	7 They have a great kitchen	8
9 We had a visitor	10 Within minutes of entering the Park we had our first lion sighting	11 Lions resting	12 Jackal
13	14 Cheetah mom Lizzie	15 Lizzie with cub	16
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25 Lizzie with sub adult son and 2 small cubs born August 2021	26	27	28 Secratary bird
29	30 One of 4 lions walking the road at 8 am	31	32
33	34	35 Hartebeest watching the lions walk by	36
37 Martial eagle	38 Lions are still walking the road	39	40
41 The Park was really green after the rains	42	43 A lot of broken trees in the riverbed	44 Meerkat on patrol
45 Squirls having a conference	46 Meerkats beside our River front chalet at Mata Mata.	47	48
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53 Cheetahs on the ridge	54 A fire burned the river bed in Fall 2021 and there are a lot of dead trees	55 Burned tree remains	56 More cheetahs
57	58	59	60 African Wild cat came to see what we were having for dinner
61	62 A lion pride at the Twee Riviern fence line at 6 am	63	64
65	66 More lions	67	68
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73	74 pale chanting goshawk	75 A mongoose cooling down outside our room at Twee Rieviern	76 Looking for cheetahs and we found 5 in the road at Monro
77 We arrived at 5:30 and spent 2 hours with them	78	79	80
81	82	83 This is Zara and her 4 large cubs	84
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101	102 Lions in the morning again at the TR gate	103	104
105 Verreaux's eagle-owl	106 Leopard Nonisa at Marie se Gat waterhole	107 Nonisa and her cub	108
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121	122 Miera at her den	123	124 See her new cub
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133	134 Miera with both cubs visible	135	136 Miera looking for new den
137	138	139 Last time we saw her at this den	140 Miera
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145	146 Miera	147	148
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157 Black-chested eagle	158	159	160 Last sighting of Miera
161 Pale chanting goshawk in the rain	162	163 After the rain	164 Braai at Urikaruus camp
165 Lion brothers at Urikaruus	166	167 They had an overnight kill under the tree	168
169	170	171 Getting a drink at the waterhole	172
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181	182 Giraffe	183	184
185	186 Butterflies and moths after a rain	187	188 Springbok fighting
189	190	191 Secatary bird on the hunt	192 Sunset at Urikaruus
193 Lions came to camp in the evening	194 More cheetahs	195	196
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201	202 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	203 Ostriches with chicks	204
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209 2 cheetah on the ridge going to Kieliekrankie at sunset	210	211 Lions like to walk the road at sunrise	212
213	214 Newborn giraffe and mom	215	216
217 View from Kieliekrankie camp	218 Time to braai	219 Cheetahs in the road near Melvlei	220
221 On the hunt for breakfast	222	223	224
225	226 The cubs watched as mom chased a springbok	227	228
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237	238 The cubs came out to see if breakfast was ready...it was not	239 pale chanting goshawk	240 Ostriches
241	242 Fellow travelers saw a leopard go in this rock cave	243 Pygmy Falcon	244 Meerkats on the ridge
245 The leopard am out	246 Itumeleng or 1 of her 2 cubs	247	248
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253	254 Leopard hunting squirrels	255	256 Early morning on the Lower Dune road
257 A lion was chasing a cheetah	258	259	260 She thought she was safe
261	262 She has not given up	263 We saw 2 great excapes	264
265	266 The hunt was over and all survived	267 Black-chested eagle in flight	268
269 Tawny eagle	270 This is leopard Itumeleng ina a treet near 13th Borehol	271 We waited for hours in the hot sun	272 She rolled around...
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277	278	279 She came down into the tall grass a closing bell	280
281	282	283 Road to Gharagab Camp	284 Lions out and about at noon
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293 Meerkats	294 Can you see the leopard in the tree? Itumeleng?	295 Last sighting before leaving the park. What a great trip!	296 Our favorite room at River Manor
297 Back to River Manor in Upington	298 The orange River 3 weeks later	299 The lodge set up a braai so Jim could cook us dinner	300
301	302 Sunset with G&Ts	303 Our chalet at Quivertree Forest Guesthouse	304 The pool area looks straight out of the Flintstones
305 On the way to Fish River Lodge...locust	306 Millions of locusts on the move	307 Our room at Fish River Lodge	308
309	310 The view of Fish River Canyon	311	312
313	314 Great dinners	315	316
317 Sunrise	318	319	320 Eagles View room at Aus
321	322 The view from the porch	323 Rain storm coming	324
325 The train!	326 The first rain we've seen in the south	327	328
329 Sunset	330	331 What you need to do to plug in the frig in the truck	332 Local transportation
333 We Kebi Lodge...new for us	334	335 We Kebi Lodge room	336 The bathroom
337 Rain is coming	338 Very green this year	339	340
341	342 One of the house cats	343 Our tent at Teufelskrallen Lodge	344 Fun with copper for bathroom fittings
345 We got dinner to go to enjoy on our deck.	346	347 This is the road grater dragging the house. The driver lives in it and relocates as needed.	348 The best truck EVER!
349 The view from River Crossing Lodge outside Windhoek, our last nights in country.