Had a trip to Eland Valley Conservancy & was impressed by the scenery & the birds. I had passed this spot many times but never called in. Found a great place to stay the night & vowed to come back another time.
Grassveld Pipit
Black Wildebeest
This is the highland version. What a beast it is!
Ostrich were introduced here,
so they are tame, too tame!
Hadeda Ibis
The Protea Malgas.
My very nice room!
The view!
The Eland River
Reed Cormorant
African Black Duck
Jackal Buzzard
White throated Bee-eater
Kurrichane Thrush
Black Flycatcher
Puffback Shrike
Male
Female
Southern Boubou
Cape White-eye
Spectacled Weaver
Spotted backed Weaver
Streaky headed Canary
The campsite at Elandgeni.
Camped at the Badplass Resort in order to explore the adjacent Emanzana Game Reserve. It is a very scenic spot with rolling grasslands & nice escarpments.
Stoffel in the reserve.
It was a beautiful morning
Good gravel roads bisect the reserve.
Kudu
Skittish & always distant.
Burchell's Zebra & Blesbok
Burchell's Zebra
Blesbok
Blesbok were the commonest herd animal here.
Eiland
Always nice to see.
Red Hartebeest
Impala were uncommon in these hills.
so they are tame, too tame!
Trying to get inside my car!
Looking into the resort where I camped.
This is a small, intimate reserve of rolling grasslands & hills. Well worth stopping off for a day & exploring the area.
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