Apologies for having been so quiet recently, I don’t know where the time has gone this year, but it has certainly flown by. Can it really be the end of October already?
Well life is good in South Africa, the shops have been a little busier and there are definitely more tourists around, so let’s hope we have a good Christmas holiday season. I have also been doing some photography classes, the sales of my canvasses are also on the increase and last week I had a fantastic 2-day private photography tour.
The tour was fabulous. We saw the Big-5 over the 2 days and we certainly had a busy couple of days. Rueben got some great shots and was definitely taking better photos after the lessons and tips I gave him. I can’t wait to see some of his favourites. I also managed to capture a few nice shots, so I thought I would share them with you.
Day one started early at 5am for sunrise on the beach…
Sunrise at St Lucia main beach
Sunrise at St Lucia main beach
Next we went on the St Lucia estuary boat cruise and it was great to see the yellow weaver birds back and building their nests…
Yellow weaver bird on St Lucia estuary
After the boat cruise we headed in to iSimangaliso Wetland park and were lucky enough to have this fabulous leopard sighting…
Leopard at Dune Loop
After chilling at Cape Vidal for a little while and catching a quick power nap, we headed back through the park and were greeted with a stunning sunset…
Sunset in iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Sunset in iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Day 2 was another early start, leaving St Lucia about 5am in order to get to Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park and Nyalazi gate by 6am. We had a amazing drive and saw lots of animals. These 2 impala had been fighting, but obviously heard something as they stopped suddenly and both looked in the same direction…
Impala at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park
This was a lucky sighting as well. The Crested barbet was ducking in and out of the hole in the tree…
Crested barbet in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park
These rhino looked like they were on a serious mission. I certainly wouldn’t get in their way!
Rhino gang on patrol, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park
Friendly zebra, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park
Flying African hoopoe
Giraffe in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park
This lioness was just lying by the side of the road…
Lioness in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park
We also saw elephant on the road to Memorial gate, which was wonderful. That was the last of the Big 5 and we were desperately hoping to see an elephant!
Next we headed to Emdoneni, the cheetah rehabilitation project, which was also great. Here are a couple of shots from there…
Caracal at Emdoneni rehabilitation centre
Cheetah at Emdoneni rehabilitation centre
Cheetah at Emdoneni rehabilitation centre
So a fabulous couple of days of photography and we finished off on Sunday watching the Rugby World Cup final and wasn’t that a cracking match!
