I think a Yellow-billed Kite at 24:30 - look at the tail shape (and the way it uses it). Blue Waxbill at 1:05:12 Totally agree with you on the littering - lazy, disrespectful, arrogant. Love the bed decoration!
I've seen someone else mention yellow-billed kite and waxbill too, I just hope we remember some of these names. 😁🐦 I'm a rather mild-mannered bloke, but that litter really got me worked up! Disrespectful is exactly what it is. 🚯 Our housekeeper was super sweet and it was so refreshing to walk into our hut in the evening. Luckily we met her when we left and made sure she knew how much we appreciated it. 😊🛏️
Amazing. Day 21 and watching all the Kruger episodes, not one of them bored me! Another well planned trip that I once again enjoyed.thank you for this one. It was great and rewarding. Next trip will see my face.
I'll see your face anytime, but especially on our backseat! 😁🚙 Our Kruger trip was fantastic, but to hear you say you're still enjoying the series, is great! Thanks for always coming along! 👌🏻
Thank you so much! We also never wanted our trip to end. We'd spend all our time there if only it were possible. I hear you about the Kruger withdrawals. We haven't even been home for long, but we already need a Kruger fix again. That place gets in one's blood, never to leave again. I hope you get the chance to visit again in the not-too-distant future. Until then, you're very welcome on our backseat. 🚙🤩
What stunning giraffe with her klossies. 😊 I love ground hornbills, we have seen some interesting antics performed by them, drumming on a tree stump, chasing, flying in and out of a tree, fighting with elephant dung, nothing short of a grove of druids performing their rituals among the trees. What a good laugh we had seeing my husband washing dishes as you returned to camp.. 😅
Hi Curtis and Sonia Thanks once again for the ride along. I really enjoyed the abundance and variety of wildlife. Loved the green bushveld . It bodes well for the season I chuckle at the giraffe 🦒 with her horn top hairdo. Never observed that before Surprising but welcome view of so many ostriches together in the park. Loved the way the zebra interacted marvellously with each other . Fascinating the way calf found the right mother . More of our favorite animal . The hippo , ssd about the dead one but i guess life in the park goes on.
Oh, there was no shortage of green up north, it was absolutely superb to see! 🚙🌳 Judging from weather reports we heard on the radio during our visit, the rain that fell in the time we were there, did indeed bode well for the rainy summer season. I can only hope that actually materialises. 🤞🏻🌧️
No look I must say this....your knowledge and names off the cuff of birds and what what with your old books and everything ❤...it is quite impressive 🎉🎉 potjie looked amazing
Oh no! 😁 We've heard some folks rattle off bird names like nobody's business! 😳🐦 Luckily we have absolutely no aspirations in that department, so we'll happily plod along and try and remember what we can, which isn't much in the line of birds. You're super sweet for saying so though! 😊🌸 On the other hand, I can confirm that the potjie was indeed amazing!
Why, thank you for your kind words! 😁🚙 I'm happy to hear that you enjoy hearing about and watching our stories as they unfold in the greatest place on earth. It was our pleasure to bring this to you on the first day of 2025! 🥳
I can only but quote Sonia ..... "A perfect end to an absolutely glorious day". Indeed it was. I was so chuffed that you also got to visit Punda Maria Rest Camp again. The old camp with it's rustic accommodation just conjures up warm feelings of roughing it in the bush. The restaurant also retains it's old warm charm. Love that camp. Besides all the other offerings of the day, the elephants were prominent participants (at times in large numbers), forcing me to replay several sections of your video to behold the spectacle. A lovely day! Not to mention the rather scrumptious looking potjie you prepared for dinner. I'm ready for Day 22 ........
You're right about Punda Maria. It's a great pity they don't have budget accommodation for folks like us who prefer that option, otherwise we would definitely have stayed there too. The restaurant certainly looks like it might've looked like that in the 90's and we have absolutely zero problem with that. The food was fantastic too, so all-in-all a wonderful visit! 👌🏻🥪🏡 The potjie wasn't half bad either! 😝 You replaying scenes in our videos warms my heart, thank you. 😍🐘
Loved this episode amazing lots of wild life especially the Giraffe so graceful. Love to have thst delicous potjie it looked good. A delightful end to the day.Thank you 😊
18:11 - did you say 'mooi van lelijkheid'? 😆 You make us all so curious sometimes with your guessing, and I just had to look up this bird with such beautiful markings (25:45). Google says it's a 'Cursorius' - LOL
Hi guys sorry bit late with my comment as we had a crazy storm new years eve and I had to repair my fencing that blew down. I did laugh about the spray bottle and the fan had a similar experience 😅. The water left behind 😅. I drove to the Netherlands with a moped on board and forgot the keys lol .the vegetation looks so lush and great wildlife sightings love the little details amazing zebra and the bird sitting on eggs!!! Just at the side of the road. Punda Maria has the mast authentic bungalows repairing the thatch .lunch looks delicious with ice cold beer lekker dop .I agree with you about the trash I just don't understand it.the dead hippo interview with all the crocs the circle of life .the purple covered road reminds me of Pretoria as well Sonias lovely dressed bed air brick covers amazing. Potjie lamb and veg mouth watering blow your own trumpet 🎺. Why not. Sonia said it all .thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one. And a bit late but I wish you a happy new year and all the dustbugs.
Better late than never, as Sonia's beloved dad always loved to say. 😊 I hope the fence is the worst of the storm damage and that everyone and everything else came through unscathed. A New Year's Eve storm sounds wild, what a way to ring in 2025! 😳 I'm sure you were kind of stuck without the moped's keys and it sounds like quite a distance you drove! 😝🛵 I'm glad you enjoyed Day 21 with us. We wish you the most fantastic year ahead and we look forward to having you on our backseat the entire time! 🚙🥳
I'm so glad you also enjoy the nature stories which Kruger is so good at delivering. We look forward to bringing you an update on the hippo and the crocs in Day 22. We hope you'll find it as fascinating as we did. 🦛🐊
Hi Sonia en Curtis dis nou hartseer om nog n seekoei so te sien. Weer was dit nogtans baie lekker om als so mooi te sien ek is bly die 2 kinders geniet ook hulle tyd in die wildtuin. Mooi loop en wees veilig
The two youngsters had loads of fun, too much at times I think! 😝🧸 It was sad to see especially such a large hippo had perished and also to think it could've been her child who came to somehow greet her. We told ourselves that anyway. 😥🦛 We also reminded ourselves that nature will always take its course and it's supposed to, so that made it sting a little less.
I had a funny memory of Babalala. My Mom made lekker egg sandwiches. I was sitting on one of the chairs with a sandwich in my hand and a red-billed hornbill swooped down and took it from my hand. I was angry, but got to laugh after a while. I love Shingwedzi and Punda Maria. So many wonderful memories of wonderful times with my parents.. You had such a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing it with us. ❤
What a memory! 😍🐦 Those are the types of stories only Kruger can tell and that's one of the gazillion reasons we love the place so much. I hope you got a replacement sandwich from Mom at least. Oh, and fortunately we each carry our own memories of Kruger in our hearts, otherwise there would've long ago not been any room left there. I hope you get to return one day soon to make more precious ones. We already can't wait to go back. 🚙😊
As a result of the dam not holding as much water as it used to, you'll have noticed no water in front of the Hide. There used to be a stacks there, almost a lake, with much birdlife. We even saw a huge flock of pelicans there once. Sad they haven't fixed it.
Another enjoyable drive with you guys in Kruger. Something I hope you find amusing. On our very first camping trip to Shinghwedzi, we didn't know the road to the camping site and missed it completely. We carried on and nearly drove right out the back gate to Kanniedood dam.🤣🤣. Another about the dam itself. After the 2012 floods the Kanniedood dam's wall was breached and they have never repaired it. I have now named is the "Morsdood " dam.
Well, at least you didn't miss the camp altogether. 😁⛺ It was rather sad to see the Kanniedood Dam so empty. We heard from folks we met at Shingwedzi that the dam wall was actually deliberately destroyed and it turned out to be quite a big blunder. I don't know the background, so I'm not sure about the facts. 🤷🏻♂️
Hi 👋 That Giraffe's fluffy horns was so great to see. Have never seen such fluffy ones before 😅 I learned something today that there are no Springbokke in KNP 😮 Google told me they further up West. All the sightings on this trip were beautiful. I can never get enough of wild life sightings. Sad about Mr Hippo 😢 Most probably died from old age. That's life hey. Food for Crocs and so the cycle carries on. That baby Elephant 🐘 was so cute man 😅 You know when those Elephants look towards the car, I get very nervous and want to run out my lounge 😂😂😂 Even those Lions we saw at the Hide Out (episode 20). They were checking you / me out 😮 They looked Hungary 🤭😋😳 That potjie looked gooood! Thanks for the outing. By the way, everytime you eat, I eat 🤣🤩🤪
😁 It's not hangry elephants I'm concerned about, I think our fat content is a little high for them. It's their gorgeous, ginormous bodies charging us which frigtens me quite a bit. Sonia seems quite chilled about that and always wants me to get closer and closer. 😅🐘 Those tufty giraffe horns were just the best and we could tell that she had loads of personality, we absolutely loved her. I hope the ones in your front garden menagerie bear a resemblance to her. 😍🦒 That potjie was divine. When I edit and I see us eating, I make a quick detour to the kitchen myself, so I get you! Death is an undeniable part of life, but it was sad to see the big hippo floating lifeless like that. 😥🦛
@DustBugsTravel I'm busy with episode 22 🥳 Very interesting that the little Hippo was licking the dead Hippo 🤔 Lovely sighting of the snake 🐍 okay going to eat now 😋 🤣
There are no gemsbok in Kruger. We have seen them in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, and along a handful of the roads we've travelled on over the last three years. 🦌
Have you tried a bakkie full of ice in front of the fan for the heat? I think those little holes are made by ant lion. They make these pits to trap ants. Ostriches fly? I would be far more worried about what they are dropping than what they pick up. Love dates, but they are very more ish hay . Can never get tired of seeing herd of elephant. They are so organized. You never see elephants that are destitute or sitting by the roadside, or begging at the robots. They look after their own. Oh oh 😮 I never saw a baobab flower before. Awesome! Ag nee sies man! Look at the litter! How can people do this! They should be prosecuted. That is an elderly elephant there in the water. Yay!! A tortoise. Wonderful. Wow, Kurtis, you are the potjie king. That must have been so good.
We haven't tried the bowl of ice, no. We don't always have access to ice on our travels though, and the spray bottle works wonders in the car, so it works perfectly at night too if the heat really bothers Sonia. 🥵 That litter worked on my otherwise mellow nerves, I'll never get how folks can disrespect a public space, their country and, worst of all, nature like that. 🚯 I'm not too fussed about the gifts ostriches could bestow upon me from above, but I do shudder to think they could potentially grab something, or someone, precious and valuable. 😨🦆 Those date bites are super delicious! I think we were lucky they were quite pricey, otherwise we might've had a challenge and have eaten nothing else that day. Although, that potjie was top-class, if I have to say so myself! 😝🍛
We heard about that from folks we met in Shingwedzi. Sounds like it had quite an adverse effect on the ecosystem in that area, and certainly the water supply. I don't know too much about the background, but it was sad to see the dam so dry. 🌊😥
I've been wondering about the distribution of different zebra varieties and sub-species... whether Kruger has more than one. Usually they're either classified as Burchell's Zebra, or Chapman's Zebra -- both subspecies of the Plains Zebra (Equus quagga). The ones in Etosha's black stripes are less prominent, more white and thin shadown stripes. Chapman's zebra's white stripes are narrower, no shadow striped or fewer. Kruger's populations seem to be a mix of the two types, with Chapman predominating. But those are just my observations.
I must be honest and tell you that I've never even heard of Chapman's Zebra before, I thought we only get Burchell's and Cape Mountain in our country and I assumed only Burchell's in Kruger. We did notice quite a variety of different variations of distribution and width of black and white stripes though, but didn't know it could mean two different sub-species or a mixture of two. Thanks for the interesting info. 🚙🦓
7:34 look like Ant Lion holes? Just in case those were not part of your childhood, the critter creates a steep, slippery, sandy slope, just waiting to avalanche if disturbed. If an ant walks into the top of the hole, the ant lion picks up the movement, or the vibrations, disturbs the soil down the bottom, and the slope gives way, carrying the ant into the jaws of the ant lion. We used to sometimes "tickle the soil" at the top, making them spring their traps, or poke a piece of softish grass in there for him to bite, and haul him out to have a look at him. (And when being evil little children we'd catch insects to feed to the ant lions, too.) Better just post this, unpause, and then "reply" to this if a question I know a possible answer to crops up later on.
Someone else also said the holes were made by antlions, so I would imagine so. I'm not familiar with them, I believe they're members of the Little Five. 🐜🦁 I've seen the holes many times, but never knew they were made by antlions. Nature continues to astound me! Thanks for the info.
Good day you 2. I love the Kruger just as much as you. We are fortunate to stay in the Lowveld. We would love to sponsor you on the next Kruger trip with a hamper of all the products we make (sausages, bacon, spare ribs and more).Please contact us. Herman and Marlida
Thank you so much for your very kind offer. 😊 You're very fortunate to live so close to the Park and we're jealous! 😁 Please send us an email to dustbugstravel@gmail.com and we can communicate further there.
I think a Yellow-billed Kite at 24:30 - look at the tail shape (and the way it uses it).
Blue Waxbill at 1:05:12
Totally agree with you on the littering - lazy, disrespectful, arrogant.
Love the bed decoration!
I've seen someone else mention yellow-billed kite and waxbill too, I just hope we remember some of these names. 😁🐦 I'm a rather mild-mannered bloke, but that litter really got me worked up! Disrespectful is exactly what it is. 🚯 Our housekeeper was super sweet and it was so refreshing to walk into our hut in the evening. Luckily we met her when we left and made sure she knew how much we appreciated it. 😊🛏️
@@DustBugsTravel Fabulous.
Let's hope the litter-leavers got their come-uppance.
Amazing. Day 21 and watching all the Kruger episodes, not one of them bored me! Another well planned trip that I once again enjoyed.thank you for this one. It was great and rewarding. Next trip will see my face.
I'll see your face anytime, but especially on our backseat! 😁🚙 Our Kruger trip was fantastic, but to hear you say you're still enjoying the series, is great! Thanks for always coming along! 👌🏻
Awesome episode
These Kruger episodes should never end, helping me a lot with my Kruger withdrawls
Thank you so much! We also never wanted our trip to end. We'd spend all our time there if only it were possible. I hear you about the Kruger withdrawals. We haven't even been home for long, but we already need a Kruger fix again. That place gets in one's blood, never to leave again. I hope you get the chance to visit again in the not-too-distant future. Until then, you're very welcome on our backseat. 🚙🤩
The little blue bird is a blue waxbill.
Hi, we have loved your videos - we have two left to watch. We will look forward to your next Kruger trip, cheers Bruce and Trish
What stunning giraffe with her klossies. 😊 I love ground hornbills, we have seen some interesting antics performed by them, drumming on a tree stump, chasing, flying in and out of a tree, fighting with elephant dung, nothing short of a grove of druids performing their rituals among the trees. What a good laugh we had seeing my husband washing dishes as you returned to camp.. 😅
Lekker day, lekker potjie. ❤❤
Yes, both those things were very lekker indeed! 😁🚙
Hi Curtis and Sonia
Thanks once again for the ride along. I really enjoyed the abundance and variety of wildlife.
Loved the green bushveld . It bodes well for the season
I chuckle at the giraffe 🦒 with her horn top hairdo. Never observed that before
Surprising but welcome view of so many ostriches together in the park.
Loved the way the zebra interacted marvellously with each other . Fascinating the way calf found the right mother .
More of our favorite animal . The hippo , ssd about the dead one but i guess life in the park goes on.
Oh, there was no shortage of green up north, it was absolutely superb to see! 🚙🌳 Judging from weather reports we heard on the radio during our visit, the rain that fell in the time we were there, did indeed bode well for the rainy summer season. I can only hope that actually materialises. 🤞🏻🌧️
No look I must say this....your knowledge and names off the cuff of birds and what what with your old books and everything ❤...it is quite impressive 🎉🎉 potjie looked amazing
Oh no! 😁 We've heard some folks rattle off bird names like nobody's business! 😳🐦 Luckily we have absolutely no aspirations in that department, so we'll happily plod along and try and remember what we can, which isn't much in the line of birds. You're super sweet for saying so though! 😊🌸 On the other hand, I can confirm that the potjie was indeed amazing!
@DustBugsTravel 🤣😂🤗
Thanks for the New Year's present. Finally, I can watch an interesting Overlanding video that I can follow. Well-documented story.
Why, thank you for your kind words! 😁🚙 I'm happy to hear that you enjoy hearing about and watching our stories as they unfold in the greatest place on earth. It was our pleasure to bring this to you on the first day of 2025! 🥳
I can only but quote Sonia ..... "A perfect end to an absolutely glorious day". Indeed it was. I was so chuffed that you also got to visit Punda Maria Rest Camp again. The old camp with it's rustic accommodation just conjures up warm feelings of roughing it in the bush. The restaurant also retains it's old warm charm. Love that camp. Besides all the other offerings of the day, the elephants were prominent participants (at times in large numbers), forcing me to replay several sections of your video to behold the spectacle. A lovely day! Not to mention the rather scrumptious looking potjie you prepared for dinner. I'm ready for Day 22 ........
You're right about Punda Maria. It's a great pity they don't have budget accommodation for folks like us who prefer that option, otherwise we would definitely have stayed there too. The restaurant certainly looks like it might've looked like that in the 90's and we have absolutely zero problem with that. The food was fantastic too, so all-in-all a wonderful visit! 👌🏻🥪🏡 The potjie wasn't half bad either! 😝 You replaying scenes in our videos warms my heart, thank you. 😍🐘
Loved this episode amazing lots of wild life especially the Giraffe so graceful. Love to have thst delicous potjie it looked good. A delightful end to the day.Thank you 😊
18:11 - did you say 'mooi van lelijkheid'? 😆
You make us all so curious sometimes with your guessing, and I just had to look up this bird with such beautiful markings (25:45). Google says it's a 'Cursorius' - LOL
Sonia said it, yes. 😁 Other viewers said it's a Temminck's courser or a Cursorius temminckii. 🐦 So you're correct, good on you for finding it!
Hi guys sorry bit late with my comment as we had a crazy storm new years eve and I had to repair my fencing that blew down. I did laugh about the spray bottle and the fan had a similar experience 😅. The water left behind 😅. I drove to the Netherlands with a moped on board and forgot the keys lol .the vegetation looks so lush and great wildlife sightings love the little details amazing zebra and the bird sitting on eggs!!! Just at the side of the road. Punda Maria has the mast authentic bungalows repairing the thatch .lunch looks delicious with ice cold beer lekker dop .I agree with you about the trash I just don't understand it.the dead hippo interview with all the crocs the circle of life .the purple covered road reminds me of Pretoria as well Sonias lovely dressed bed air brick covers amazing. Potjie lamb and veg mouth watering blow your own trumpet 🎺. Why not. Sonia said it all .thanks for taking me along cheerio till the next one. And a bit late but I wish you a happy new year and all the dustbugs.
Better late than never, as Sonia's beloved dad always loved to say. 😊 I hope the fence is the worst of the storm damage and that everyone and everything else came through unscathed. A New Year's Eve storm sounds wild, what a way to ring in 2025! 😳 I'm sure you were kind of stuck without the moped's keys and it sounds like quite a distance you drove! 😝🛵 I'm glad you enjoyed Day 21 with us. We wish you the most fantastic year ahead and we look forward to having you on our backseat the entire time! 🚙🥳
love all the little stories that comes out like the hippo and the lion. Also know want to see what happens with the hippo and the crocodiles.
I'm so glad you also enjoy the nature stories which Kruger is so good at delivering. We look forward to bringing you an update on the hippo and the crocs in Day 22. We hope you'll find it as fascinating as we did. 🦛🐊
Since the 60's we visited Babalala at least once a year for breakfast
Hi Sonia en Curtis dis nou hartseer om nog n seekoei so te sien. Weer was dit nogtans baie lekker om als so mooi te sien ek is bly die 2 kinders geniet ook hulle tyd in die wildtuin. Mooi loop en wees veilig
The two youngsters had loads of fun, too much at times I think! 😝🧸 It was sad to see especially such a large hippo had perished and also to think it could've been her child who came to somehow greet her. We told ourselves that anyway. 😥🦛 We also reminded ourselves that nature will always take its course and it's supposed to, so that made it sting a little less.
I had a funny memory of Babalala. My Mom made lekker egg sandwiches. I was sitting on one of the chairs with a sandwich in my hand and a red-billed hornbill swooped down and took it from my hand. I was angry, but got to laugh after a while. I love Shingwedzi and Punda Maria. So many wonderful memories of wonderful times with my parents.. You had such a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing it with us. ❤
What a memory! 😍🐦 Those are the types of stories only Kruger can tell and that's one of the gazillion reasons we love the place so much. I hope you got a replacement sandwich from Mom at least. Oh, and fortunately we each carry our own memories of Kruger in our hearts, otherwise there would've long ago not been any room left there. I hope you get to return one day soon to make more precious ones. We already can't wait to go back. 🚙😊
You are making awesome memories with all your videos. I hope to get there soon.
Bai dankie vriende
Yup! 😁🚙
As a result of the dam not holding as much water as it used to, you'll have noticed no water in front of the Hide. There used to be a stacks there, almost a lake, with much birdlife. We even saw a huge flock of pelicans there once. Sad they haven't fixed it.
Another enjoyable drive with you guys in Kruger. Something I hope you find amusing. On our very first camping trip to Shinghwedzi, we didn't know the road to the camping site and missed it completely. We carried on and nearly drove right out the back gate to Kanniedood dam.🤣🤣. Another about the dam itself. After the 2012 floods the Kanniedood dam's wall was breached and they have never repaired it. I have now named is the "Morsdood " dam.
Well, at least you didn't miss the camp altogether. 😁⛺ It was rather sad to see the Kanniedood Dam so empty. We heard from folks we met at Shingwedzi that the dam wall was actually deliberately destroyed and it turned out to be quite a big blunder. I don't know the background, so I'm not sure about the facts. 🤷🏻♂️
@@DustBugsTravel You could be correct about it's destruction. I thought it was the floods.
Small blue bird is a blue waxbill
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER SPOTTED ELAND IN THE PARK.
Yes. Once a long time ago, near Pretoriuskop. 🦌
Bird on the eggs....Trekdrawwertjie/Temminck's Courser
Thanks. 🐦
Hi 👋 That Giraffe's fluffy horns was so great to see. Have never seen such fluffy ones before 😅 I learned something today that there are no Springbokke in KNP 😮 Google told me they further up West. All the sightings on this trip were beautiful. I can never get enough of wild life sightings. Sad about Mr Hippo 😢 Most probably died from old age. That's life hey. Food for Crocs and so the cycle carries on. That baby Elephant 🐘 was so cute man 😅 You know when those Elephants look towards the car, I get very nervous and want to run out my lounge 😂😂😂 Even those Lions we saw at the Hide Out (episode 20). They were checking you / me out 😮 They looked Hungary 🤭😋😳 That potjie looked gooood! Thanks for the outing. By the way, everytime you eat, I eat 🤣🤩🤪
😁 It's not hangry elephants I'm concerned about, I think our fat content is a little high for them. It's their gorgeous, ginormous bodies charging us which frigtens me quite a bit. Sonia seems quite chilled about that and always wants me to get closer and closer. 😅🐘 Those tufty giraffe horns were just the best and we could tell that she had loads of personality, we absolutely loved her. I hope the ones in your front garden menagerie bear a resemblance to her. 😍🦒 That potjie was divine. When I edit and I see us eating, I make a quick detour to the kitchen myself, so I get you! Death is an undeniable part of life, but it was sad to see the big hippo floating lifeless like that. 😥🦛
@DustBugsTravel I'm busy with episode 22 🥳 Very interesting that the little Hippo was licking the dead Hippo 🤔 Lovely sighting of the snake 🐍 okay going to eat now 😋 🤣
ANY SIGHTINGS OF GEMSBOK EVER?
There are no gemsbok in Kruger. We have seen them in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, and along a handful of the roads we've travelled on over the last three years. 🦌
According to google there were 419 as in 2016 @@DustBugsTravel
Yellow billed kite at water hole.
Temmincks courser at side of road
Thanks. 🐦
Gewone Blousysie/Blue Waxbill
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Have you tried a bakkie full of ice in front of the fan for the heat? I think those little holes are made by ant lion. They make these pits to trap ants. Ostriches fly? I would be far more worried about what they are dropping than what they pick up. Love dates, but they are very more ish hay . Can never get tired of seeing herd of elephant. They are so organized. You never see elephants that are destitute or sitting by the roadside, or begging at the robots. They look after their own. Oh oh 😮 I never saw a baobab flower before. Awesome! Ag nee sies man! Look at the litter! How can people do this! They should be prosecuted. That is an elderly elephant there in the water. Yay!! A tortoise. Wonderful. Wow, Kurtis, you are the potjie king. That must have been so good.
We haven't tried the bowl of ice, no. We don't always have access to ice on our travels though, and the spray bottle works wonders in the car, so it works perfectly at night too if the heat really bothers Sonia. 🥵 That litter worked on my otherwise mellow nerves, I'll never get how folks can disrespect a public space, their country and, worst of all, nature like that. 🚯 I'm not too fussed about the gifts ostriches could bestow upon me from above, but I do shudder to think they could potentially grab something, or someone, precious and valuable. 😨🦆 Those date bites are super delicious! I think we were lucky they were quite pricey, otherwise we might've had a challenge and have eaten nothing else that day. Although, that potjie was top-class, if I have to say so myself! 😝🍛
The Kanniedood dam was demolished on 28 November 2019, The SADF did the demolishing for the parks..
We heard about that from folks we met in Shingwedzi. Sounds like it had quite an adverse effect on the ecosystem in that area, and certainly the water supply. I don't know too much about the background, but it was sad to see the dam so dry. 🌊😥
I've been wondering about the distribution of different zebra varieties and sub-species... whether Kruger has more than one. Usually they're either classified as Burchell's Zebra, or Chapman's Zebra -- both subspecies of the Plains Zebra (Equus quagga). The ones in Etosha's black stripes are less prominent, more white and thin shadown stripes. Chapman's zebra's white stripes are narrower, no shadow striped or fewer. Kruger's populations seem to be a mix of the two types, with Chapman predominating. But those are just my observations.
I must be honest and tell you that I've never even heard of Chapman's Zebra before, I thought we only get Burchell's and Cape Mountain in our country and I assumed only Burchell's in Kruger. We did notice quite a variety of different variations of distribution and width of black and white stripes though, but didn't know it could mean two different sub-species or a mixture of two. Thanks for the interesting info. 🚙🦓
dust Goga is a lion Ant.
Antlion, yes. 👍🏻
We stay in 63 from 17 Nov to 1 Des 2024 were very hot. We were lucky saw twice the 2 cheetahs
Yup, the heat is intense this time of year. 🥵 You had big-time cheetah luck, that's fantastic! 😍🐆
In what episode of this kruger series does Sonja feature as seemed to have missed although i watched every episode so far
Sonia isn't keen on being filmed, but she agreed that I include a pic of her in Day 4 Episode 544, so you must've missed that one. 🚙🥰
@DustBugsTravel yes i know she isn't keen. But always wondered how she looks. Will rewatch that episode then. Appreciate
awesome video!what camera do you use?😃
Thank you! 😁🚙 I do all our filming with my regular everyday cellphone, a Samsung S22 Ultra, mounted on a selfie-stick. 📲
@DustBugsTravel Thanks! Can't wait for the next video
7:34 look like Ant Lion holes?
Just in case those were not part of your childhood, the critter creates a steep, slippery, sandy slope, just waiting to avalanche if disturbed. If an ant walks into the top of the hole, the ant lion picks up the movement, or the vibrations, disturbs the soil down the bottom, and the slope gives way, carrying the ant into the jaws of the ant lion. We used to sometimes "tickle the soil" at the top, making them spring their traps, or poke a piece of softish grass in there for him to bite, and haul him out to have a look at him. (And when being evil little children we'd catch insects to feed to the ant lions, too.)
Better just post this, unpause, and then "reply" to this if a question I know a possible answer to crops up later on.
Someone else also said the holes were made by antlions, so I would imagine so. I'm not familiar with them, I believe they're members of the Little Five. 🐜🦁 I've seen the holes many times, but never knew they were made by antlions. Nature continues to astound me! Thanks for the info.
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Yup, a name we heard often while growing up. 🌊💡Not so much nowadays.
Good day you 2.
I love the Kruger just as much as you. We are fortunate to stay in the Lowveld. We would love to sponsor you on the next Kruger trip with a hamper of all the products we make (sausages, bacon, spare ribs and more).Please contact us. Herman and Marlida
Thank you so much for your very kind offer. 😊 You're very fortunate to live so close to the Park and we're jealous! 😁 Please send us an email to dustbugstravel@gmail.com and we can communicate further there.