Karen, Arthur & Delana
We left early morning on 17th June for the relatively short drive further north to Shingwedzi Camp. This was to be our base for the next five nights. We didn't see much on the drive, as it was thick fog!
View of the river from the camp.
Our camp!
Mourning Collared Dove: a common bird in
the camp.
Shingwedzi is quite an old camp, but it set close to the river & has a complete range of facilities. It makes for an excellent base to explore this area.
It was quite dark & overcast early on.
Cape Buffalo
Yellow-billed Oxpeckers are quite common in
the north of the park.
This is unusual! An Impala being suckled at this
time of year. This species has synchronized breeding
in early December.
Dwarf Mongoose
Always entertaining & great to see!
Immature Martial Eagle
Brown-headed Parrots in the gloom!
Burchell's Coucal
Lilac-breasted Roller
Mosque Swallow
Resident in this part of the park.
The next day we headed north from camp on the Mphongolo Loop Road which parallels the river for large stretches. It is one of our favourite routes, as it is scenic, good for a variety of game & birds & usually doesn't have many vehicles along it. So we were off!
The Red Rocks route.
On the 19th June we drove the Red Rocks circular drive. This is another scenic drive, but today was not our day, as we saw very little!
Tshanga Lookout
We drove as far as Tshanga Lookout & then back to camp. it was a very pleasant drive though.
Wet & miserable!
Feeding on a dead Cape Buffalo.
Marabou Stork.
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
On the 20th June we drove south along the river a far as the dam at Grootvlei. It was a thoroughly miserable morning with dark skies & the occasional bout of rain.
Our last day here was on 21st & we once again drove the Mphalongo Loop Road. It was yet again quiet but we did score with a couple of good bird sightings!
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