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| Fred capturing a Pied Kingfisher |
We are home after a few days in the Pilansberg National Park with our friends from Maui, the John's and they have just left for their 14th trip to the Kruger National Park.
NUMBER 20:
Round the World every time
It is their deep appreciation for the wildlife here in South Africa that keeps them coming back, loaded with cameras, lenses, iPads and lists.
They have been to more than 10 of our parks over the last 8 years, but it's Kruger that they love. During their 14 Kruger trips, which is over 150 days in the park, they have stayed at all the camps and bush camps and driven every road many times over.
In 2017 we met up 3 times, twice in the Kruger National Park, we hiked the wild flower trails in the West Coast National Park and went out to sea from Cape Town on a 4 day pelagic for seabirds!
We met in the summer of 2013 at the Karoo National Park, they were star gazing, a glass of red wine in hand, when Fred decided to share some of his knowledge about our southern skies.
The friendship has been easy, heated when politics is the topic, but so unique in that we can spend many, many hours together in a car, loving the bush, taking amazing photographs and videos, game and birdwatching, having a breakfast 'skottle' and an evening braai, and I keep learning more about our parks and our wildlife, from these 'tourists'.
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| A glimpse of a Brown Hyena! |
See you both in Cortina, Italy in June, for hikes in the Dolomites and good food!
PS - it's December, another South African trip and KNP for another two visits.
