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.