South Africa 2018
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Spotted Eagle Owl roosting in thorn tree
Speckled Pigeon
Pair of Red-headed Finches
Sociable Weaver in thorn tree
Communal nest of Sociable Weavers
Male Southern Masked Weaver building nest
Nest of Southern Masked Weaver
Flock of Red-headed Finches
Red-crested Korhaan
Pygmy Falcon in thorn bush
Immature Pale Chanting Goshawk
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Marico Flycatcher
Immature Martial Eagle on nest
Male Namaqua Dove
Orange River White-eye
Male Ostrich
Malachite Kingfisher on log
Kori Bustard portrait
Kori Bustard
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Jackal Buzzard
Familiar Chat in thorn bush
Male Double-banded Sangrouse
Female Double-banded Sandgrouse
Singing Crimson-breasted Shrike
Common Waxbill
Black-winged Kite
Bokmakierie singing
Cape Crow
Male Cape Sparrow
Chat Flycatcher on thorn bush
African Red-eyed Bulbul
Rock Hyrax portrait
Rock Hyrax
Rock Hyrax
Four-striped Grass Mouse
Four-striped Grass Mouse family
Brant's Whistling Rat
Female Cape Ground Squirrel
Cape Ground Squirrel
Male Cape Ground Squirrel
Dassie Rat
Yellow Mongoose
Yellow Mongoose portrait
Yellow Mongoose
Yellow Mongoose
Small Grey Mongoose
Meerkats
Meerkats
Meerkat portrait
Meerkat digging
Yellow & Small Grey Mongooses
Meerkat
Spotted Hyaena
Female Common Zebra with youngster
Common Zebra mother and foal
Common Zebra
Cape Fox
Small Spotted Genet by spotlight
Southern Giraffe
Female Southern Giraffes
Southern Giraffe
Bat-eared Fox by spotlight
African Wild Cat
African Wild Cat
African Wild Cat
Young Male Lion
Young Male Lion
Lioness
Group of Blue Wildebeest on dry riverbed
Blue Wildebeest
Blue Wildebeest
Male Black Wildebeest
Male Black Wildebeest
Female Steenbok
Male Steenbok
Tsessebe mother and calf
Female Tsessebe
Female Tsessebe
Female Steenbok
Male Springbok
Springbok
Springbok portrait
Male Klipspringer on rocky outcrop
Male Red Hartebeest
Female Klipspringer
Female Klipspringer
Male Klipspringer
Male Klipspringer
Gemsbok
Male Gemsbok
Gemsbok
Gemsbok lying down
Aardvark by spotlight
Armoured Ground Cricket
Speckled Sulphur Tip butterfly
Meadow White butterfly
Brown-veined White butterfly
Karoo Girdled Lizard
Male Augrabies Flat Lizard
Male Augrabies Flat Lizard
Southern Ground Agama Lizard
Southern Rock Agama Lizard
This was a “Naturetrek” trip organised by the South African tour company “Lawson’s Safaris”, who provided two excellent guides, Leon Marais and Jason Stewart, for the 9 participants. The focus was on rare mammals, which were sought mainly with spotlights on night drives, and was based in the Northern Cape and Kalahari Desert. We were met by our guides in Kimberley, where we stayed at the Langberg Guest Farm from where we visited Mokala National Park and enjoyed night drives at Marrick private reserve. We moved on to Augrabies Falls National Park for a couple of days before heading to the wonderful !Xaus Lodge situated in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the Kalahari Desert.