Shingwedzi

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!

  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.

A bit of push & shove!

Play time over!

Cape Buffalo

Yellow-billed Oxpeckers are quite common in

the north of the park.

Waterbuck

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 Lookput

Arthur & Karen

We drove as far as Tshanga Lookout & then back to camp. it was a very pleasant drive though.