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September 12 – Fly Addis Ababa to Johannesburg. Airport Inn Suites, Kempton Park 2 nights
September 13 – Suikerbostrand Nature Reserve
September 14 - Drive to Kruger National Park – Numbi Gate. Overnight Pretoriuskop Camp.
September 15 – Kruger – Lower Sabie Camp 2 nights.
September 16 – Lower Sabie
September 17 – Travel to Satara Camp 2 nights.
September 18 – Satara
September 19 – Travel to Olifants Camp 2 nights.
September 20 – Olifants
September 21 – Travel to Orpen Camp overnight.
September 22 – Depart Kruger for Taita Falcon eyrie Abel Erasmus Pass via Orpen Gate. En route via Lydenburg, drive to Johannesburg. Airport Inn Suites.
September 23 – Fly to Cape Town. Airbnb accommodation 4 nights Doverhurst, Sea Point.
September 24 – Cape Town (Table Mountain).
September 25 – Cape Town.
September 26 – Drive to Cape Peninsula, Cape of Good Hope, Simonstown.
September 27 – Drive to Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, 3 nights Honeywood Guest Farm - via Lowy's Pass and Swellendam-Malagas Road to visit Agulhas Plain.
September 28 – Grootvadersbosch
September 29 – Grootvadersbosch
September 30 – Drive to Paternoster via Karoopoort and Ceres in southern Karoo and Vredenburg. 3 nights in Airbnb lodgings.
October 1 – Drive to St Helena Bay. Visit Lighthouse Reserve.
October 2 – Drive to Langebaan, West Coast National Park. Seeberg viewpoint & Seeberg hide; Abrahamskraal hide; coastline
October 3 – Head south either via Darling Wildlflower Route to Cape Town. Fly to Johannesburg. Airport Inn Suites.
October 4 – Depart for home .
Following our 23-day trip to Ethiopia we flew to Johanesburg for another 23-day trip, to South Africa, visiting Suikerbostrand, Kruger National Park and western Cape Province. We booked into the nice Airport Inn Suites in Kempton Park. South African birding mate Phil Penlington picked me up at the hotel early on our first morning and we headed off to Suikerbostrand Nature Reserve south of the city. This was my fourth visit to South Africa so I had a relatively small number of targets.
We had success early with nice views of one target, Orange-winged Francolin, on a road outside the reserve, with several birds seen. Inside the reserve on a rocky hillside we easily tracked down a second target – Eastern Long-billed Lark. Bontebok and Yellow Mongoose were also seen. Other birds included African Marsh Owl, Spike-heeled Lark, Cape Grassbird and Cape Longclaw.
We moved on the Marievale wetland sanctuary where before long a third target flew from the reeds a short distance in the form of a much-wanted Red-chested Flufftail, a bird I'd dipped on repeatedly during previous visits to Africa. Other birds included plenty of two shorebirds we don't see much of in Australia – Little Stint and Ruff. African Snipe showed nicely as we drove slowly around the tracks that criss-cross this fine wetland. Other birds included Red-billed Teal, African Rail, Goliath Heron and an Eastern Barn Owl roosting and flying over the marsh. A Large Grey Mongoose was seen - evidently something of a rarity in that area. We drove around farmlands in the Devan area seeing Pink-billed Lark. African Quailfinch and more Orange River Francolins.
In the late afternoon we picked up Kathy Haydon, our friend from NSW, at the airport to join us for the trip. The next morning we headed east to Kruger National Park. Glenn and I had spent a week in Kruger previously and we were eager to get back in there. We entered Numbi Gate and were greeted by our first big game animal – a magnificant Greater Kudu, which proved to be common.
We booked into Pretoriuskop Camp for one night and headed off for our first game drive. We saw Common Waterbuck, Giraffe, Impala and Cape Buffalo. Then we saw a leopard crouched roadside in dense grass. It watched us for a bit before moving from the grass and crossing the road behind the vehicle. Bush Duiker and Bushbuck were seen before we returned to the Camp. It was a good start for our Kruger adventure.
Following our stay at Pretoriuskop Camp in Kruger we moved on the Lower Sabie Camp for a 2-night stay. We left early in the morning, seeing a troop of Chacma Baboons as we headed east. In the morning mist we spotted a Roan Antelope, a rare animal in the park. Then at a watering hole a fine Sable Antelope came in to drink. We saw plenty of Wilderbeeste, Buchell's Zebra and Impala as we slowly drove along.
We were pleased to find two White Rhinoceros – a female with a large calf – in the scrub. Glenn and I inexplicably failed to see this species during our last visit to Kruger in 1996 (although we saw it at Mkuzi) when it was supposedly quite common in the park. In recent years the population has been severely diminished with the poaching of hundreds of rhino. So sightings are these days much more uncommon than in the relatively recent past. Soon after we saw our first African elephants of the trip; we were to see many more in the days ahead. We found a party of Spotted Hyaena sunning themselves on the road.
We called in at the park headquarters in Skukuza before moving on to Lower Sabie in the south-eastern portion of the park. Stierling's Wren-Warbler was something of a bogey bird for me as I had missed it in the past. So we tried playback in several places and eventually one showed nicely at Mhlupheka waterhole. A pair of Southern Ground-Hornbills strutted their stuff by the road.
We had game drives every morning and late afternoon at each of the Camps we stayed at. Lower Sabie had a nice mix of habitat with rivers, open woodland and thornbush scrub. We saw a large leopard resting under an acacia on the banks of the Sabie River. Our first lions were brief views of a male and female, then a fine male early in the morning as it lay stretched out on the ground. We found another two White Rhinoceros in scrub south of Lower Sabie Camp. A pool near the Camp entrance had large numbers of Nile Crocodile and Hippopotomus. Hippopotamus were also seen emerging from the river nearby to feed during the late afternoon. Among the birds around the dam were Three-banded Plover and African Spoonbill.
We transferred to Satara Camp for a 2-night stay. Satara is one of the finest Camps for game-viewing as there are extensive areas of short-grassed plains. On the way to Satara we found another leopard, this one partially concealed as in rested in the branches of a thick acacia. More game drives. We found three lionesses feeding on an Impala it had just killed. Black-backed Jackal was added to the ever growing list of mammals.A waterhole a few kilometres west of the Camp was popular. Lions were here as well, with a large male marking its territory.
Mammals of various species such as Giraffe, Chacma Baboon and Impala, freely mixed as they came in to drink. Conditions in the park during our visit were harsh and hot, with no water away from the main rivers and a few watering holes. This was in stark contrast to our visit 22 years ago, when all was green and lush following good seasonal rains. However, because of the sparse vegetation, we saw more game during this visit.
On a drive east of Satara we came across a pride of 17 lions, including a fine white male. They nonchalantly strolled past the vehicle without giving us a side glance. The pride was clearly on the hunt, with the lionesses in the lead. We saw our first Common Ostrich in this area, while Flappet Lark and Croaking Cisticola were numerous. Nyala was added to the mammal list. One evening at Satara Camp we tracked down an African Scops-Owl. On the second evening we saw an African Wild Cat with a kitten, as well as a Lesser Galago.
Following our stay at Satara we headed north to Olifants Camp, known for beautiful views atop cliffs across the Olifants River towards the Mozambique border. On the way and around Olifants we found many more elephants, including some fine bulls and large family groups. It's impossible to tire of seeing Giraffe, and they were quite numerous throughout Kruger. The same can be said for other ruminants which were often in mixed herds.
Plenty of waterbirds were about the river including African Openbill, and Saddle-billed Stork mixing it with Impala. Kori Bustard was quite common in more open areas. This trip was primarily for mammal-spotting so birds were not a high priority. But we were happy enough to see nice birds including Lilac-breasted Roller, Arrow-marked Babbler, Grey-headed Bush-shrike, Southern White-crowned Shrike and Magpie Shrike. Crested Francolin, Red-necked Spurfowl and Natal Spurfowl were common. Raptors included White-backed, White-headed and Lappet-faced vultures, Bateleur, Martial Eagle and Black-breasted and Brown snake-eagles.
We saw Slender Mongoose and Dwarf Mongoose roadside a few times, along with South African Ground-Squirrel. Small ruminants included plenty of Steenbock. At Olifants I joined a morning walking expedition along the river with two armed park rangers. I'd been told this is a good plan for seeing Pel's Fishing-Owl, another bogey I'd dipped on several times during past visits. The rangers tracked down a fishing-owl and it was a great pleasure to watch it perched high in the foliage and as it flew to another tree. The rangers then found the shed skin of a large black mamba. We were walking along the river bank when a large male leopard appeared just 30 metres away. We were upwind and it was looking the other way so didn't notice us. It soon heard us though and melted into the scrub. Nearby were the remains of an Impala it had killed and dragged up a tree.
We headed south from Olifants towards our last Camp in Kruger – an overnight stay in Orphen. We hadn't gone far when we ran into a female leopard with a cub by the road. Leopard can be easy to miss in Kruger but we saw a total of six in five encounters; Glenn and I saw just one during our last visit. However we failed to see Cheetah, which we saw last time though it is scarce in the park.
Further south we stopped at a waterhole that was productive on the way up. Large numbers of zebra and wilderbeeste were drinking and on both occasions, they were watched carefully by lions. On our return visit, a sub-adult male lion that had been watching from long grass rushed at what seemed to be lightning speed towards some zebras by the water. They were able to avoid the lion and escape amid a cloud of dust. We saw lions again as we continued eastwards. We were to see a total of 28 lions during eight encounters.
We stopped at a picnic spot for lunch – one of the few places in the park where you are allowed to leave the vehicle, which can be frustrating. Large numbers of small birds were coming in to drink at birdbaths provided, including Blue Waxbill and Red-billed Firefinch. Earlier we had seen large numbers of Red-billed Quelea, supposedly the world's commonest bird.
We stopped again at the waterhole near Satara that was so productive earlier in the trip. A very large herd of Cape Buffalo were wallowing in what was left of the mud. We were delighted to find at Orphen that our Camp was right by the fence and overlooking a watering hole. We spent our last afternoon in the park not on a game drive but relaxing as we watched the spectacle. A group of elephants came in to drink. Then three rhino came to drink, hanging about outside the compound at close quarters for about an hour. Earlier in the day we saw another pair of rhino near the road. So we saw a total of 13 White Rhinoceros in five encounters, far more than we could have hoped for. Towards sunset a large group of Cape Buffalo came to the water and camped for the night in the surrounding scrub. Spotted Hyaenas were also about, prowling the fence line for food scraps and calling during the night.
The next morning we left the park, heading west towards Johannesburg. We stopped at Abel Erasmus Pass, a beautiful spot in the Drakensburg Range known for its nesting pair of Taita Falcon. The falcons nest above a line of curio shops and we were told to summon a local lad, Michael. We found the bird perched high and distantly above the road before Michael turned up. He had a scope, however, which we didn't, so it was nice to get a better view.
Following our visit to Kruger National Park and Johannesburg, we flew to Cape Town, surely one of the world's finest cities. As usual, the imposing Table Mountain behind a stunning coastline did not disappoint. We had a nice apartment hired through Airbnb which overlooked the coast and Robben Island. Our first day saw us up on the mountain summit after a cable car ride. Cape Rock Hyrax was about as usual.
Our second day had us pottering about the city after we couldn't get a seat on a ferry to Robben Island. Day three and we headed south to the Cape Peninsula, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Hope. The coastal scenery was something to see and proteas and other wildflowers in the fynbos were in full bloom everywhere we went. The region had been suffering severe drought but we were fortunate because good late-autumn rains had fallen, ensuring a bumper wildflower season. Nice birds included Grey-backed Cisticola, Common Ostrich, Cape Robin-Chat, Malachite Sunbird, Orange-breasted Sunbird and Cape Cormorant. We moved on to the pretty coastal village of Simonstown, where a small colony of African Penguins is thriving.
After our Cape Town visit we headed east through Swellendam to check out the Agulhas Plain on the road to Malaga, about 10km south of the highway. I was after two target birds – Cape (Agulhas) Clapper Lark and Agulhas Long-billed Lark – and these were found without too much trouble. Other birds included Red-capped Lark, Long-billed Pipit and Sickle-winged Chat.
We moved on to our accommodation for the next three nights – the delightful Honeywood Camp, our base for exploring the adjoining Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve in the Landeberg Range. We saw our first Blue Crane for the trip on the way. Birds around the Camp included Cape Weaver, Lesser Honeyguide, Swee Waxbill and Fiscal Flycatcher. I was pleased to see a Black Harrier hawking the fields as we watched a stunning sunset from our Camp verandah. On our first morning at Honeywood we were in the fynbos above the reserve. Here I tracked down a Victorin's Scrub-Warbler, a bird I'd looked hard for without success during my last visit to the Cape. Later I heard one calling just below the Camp.
We moved down to the mosaic of tracks cut through the wet forest of the reserve, the westerly range limit for quite a few South African birds. Here we found another bogey bird, Knysna Warbler. We ended up hearing 5 or 6 birds over a couple of days and saw it three times, including a good view, but the skulker refused to be photographed. Other birds in the forest on this and the following day included Cape Batis, African Dusky Flycatcher, Sombre Greenbul, Red-chested Cuckoo and Terrestial Brownbul. We saw Olive Woodpecker and then finally had brief views of a Knysna Woodpecker, another target. Birds in more open areas around the Camp and park headquarters included Brimstone Canary, Greater Striped Swallow Cape Canary and Olive Thrush.
Following our stay at Honeywood Camp we headed north-west to Paternoster on the coast north of Cape Town for a 3-night stay, in another nice lodging booked through Air Bnb. We travelled via Karoopoort and Ceres to take in the bottom end of the Karoo ecosystem. We failed to find Cinnamon-breasted Warbler in a couple of likely looking spots and did not have time to head further north to the main sites for this species. In the karoo and rocky outcrops we saw Karoo Prinia, White-backed Mousebird, Pale-winged Starling and Fairy Flycatcher. We also saw a couple of Klipspringer.
Paternoster is a delightful town with boulder-strewn beaches and buildings structured around classic Cape Dutch-style architecture. On our first morning at Paternoster we drove east to St Helena Bay. In roadside fields were numerous larks including the western race of Cape Clapper Lark, a likely split, and plenty of Red-capped Larks and Large-billed Larks. Other birds included White-throated Swallow, Southern Red Bishop, Capped Wheatear, Familiar Chat and White-throated Swallow.
We caught up with two targets missed on previous trips – Grey Tit and the diminutive Cape Pendulite-Tit in the strandveld vegetation. Other birds in the strandveld included Karoo Scrub-Robin and Chesnut-vented Tit-Babbler. Blue Crane was plentiful in the area and Spotted Thick-knees were about in areas with open ground. European Bee-eaters had arrived in numbers for their annual summer visit.
In the afternoon we visited the Lighthouse Reserve south of Paternoster. Cape Spurfowl was numerous and White-fronted Plover was on the beaches in numbers. Offshore we saw several fairly distant Southern Right-backed Whales, while Cape Gannet was plentiful. Southern Double-collared Sunbird was common about our Camp. Speckled Pigeon and Kelp Gull were abundant about the town. Later in the afternoon I drove along another side road off the Vredenburg-Paternoster road and succeeded in finding another target – Cape Long-billed Lark.
The next day we visited the West Coast National Park, where wildflowers were in abundance amid a magnificent coastal vista of sweeping strandveld plains, lagoons and coastal dunes. At Seebook Lookout, not far from the park's northern end, we flushed a male Southern Black Korhaan – another much-wanted South African endemic – and then a second korhaan. Grey-winged Francolin was also here. Yellow Bishop was an inquisitive visitor at a lunch stop. We saw two Black Harriers, surely one of the most impressive raptors, separately hawking the strandveld. Around the lagoons were Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Cape Teal, Kittlitz's Plover and African Marsh-Harrier. During our return to Cape Town the following day via the Darling Wildflower Route, we found a pair of Southern Black Korhann roadside. We flew to Johannesburg for an overnight stay before flying home.
Common Ostrich,
African Penguin (20 at nesting colony Simonstown),
Southern Giant-Petrel (W),
Little Grebe,
Cape Gannet (W),
Great White Pelican,
African Darter,
Long-tailed Cormorant,
Cape Cormorant (W),
Lesser Flamingo,
Greater Flamingo,
Glossy Ibis,
Hadada Ibis,
Sacred Ibis,
African Spoonbill,
Black-headed Heron,
Purple Heron,
Squacco Heron,
Goliath Heron,
Little Egret,
Intermediate Egret,
Great Egret,
Yellow-billed Stork,
Saddle-billed Stork,
Admin's Stork,
Marabou Stork,
African Openbill,
Hamerkop,
Blue Crane (W),
Black-shouldered Kite,
African Fish-Eagle,
Tawny Eagle,
Black-chested Snake-Eagle (E),
Brown Snake-Eagle (E),
Martial Eagle (1 Kruger),
Bateleur,
White-backed Vulture (Kruger),
White-headed Vulture (Kruger),
Lappet-faced Vulture (Kruger),
Yellow-billed Kite,
Jackal Buzzard,
Forest Buzzard (W),
Little Sparrowhawk,
Dark Chanting Goshawk (E),
African Marsh-Harrier (W),
Rock Kestrel,
*Black Harrier (1 Honeywood; 2 West Coast Nat Park),
*Taita Falcon (1 at cliff roost Abel Erasmus Pass),
African Marsh Owl (2 Suikerbostrand),
Eastern Barn Owl (1 Marievale, 2 Kruger),
African Scops-Owl (1 Kruger),
*Pel's Fishing-Owl (1 at daytime roost along Olifants River during guided walk),
*Orange River Francolin (5-6 on road outside Suikerbostrand; 2 Devan farmlands),
Swainson's Francolin (E),
Red-necked Spurfowl (E),
Crested Francolin (E),
Natal Spurfowl (E),
Cape Spurfowl (W),
Kori Bustard (E),
*Southern Black Korhaan (2 West Coast Nat Park; 2 Darling Wildflower Route),
Spur-winged Goose,
Egyptian Goose,
Hottentot Teal,
Red-billed Teal,
Yellow-billed Teal,
Cape Teal,
Cape Shoveler,
Southern Pochard,
South African Shelduck,
Kurrichane Buttonquail (E),
Harlequin Quail (E),
Red-knobbed Coot,
African (Purple) Swamphen,
Common Moorhen,
Black Crake,
African Rail (calling Marievale),
*Red-chested Flufftail (1 flushed from reeds Marievale),
Blacksmith Lapwing,
African Wattled Lapwing (E),
Kittlitz's Plover,
Three-banded Plover,
White-fronted Plover,
Grey Plover,
Little Stint,
Long-toed Stint,
Ruff,
Marsh Sandpiper,
Wood Sandpiper,
Curlew-Sandpiper,
Common Greenshank,
Ruddy Turnstone,
Whimbrel,
Pied Avocet,
White-headed Stilt,
African Jacana,
Water Thick-knee (E),
Spotted Thick-knee (W),
African Black Oystercatcher,
Grey-headed Gull,
Kelp Gull,
Hartlaub's Gull,
Swift Tern,
Common Tern,
Two-banded Sandgrouse (Kruger),
Speckled Pigeon,
Laughing Dove,
Cape Turtle-Dove,
Red-eyed Dove,
Namaqua Dove,
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove,
Brown-headed Parrot (E),
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (E),
Southern Red-billed Hornbill (E),
African Grey Hornbill (E),
Southern Ground-Hornbill (a few Kruger),
Golden-tailed Woodpecker (E),
Cardinal Woodpecker,
Olive Woodpecker (W),
*Kynsna Woodpecker (1 Grootvadersbosch),
Striped Kingfisher,
Pied Kingfisher,
Burchell's Coucal,
Red-chested Cuckoo (W),
Crested Barbet (E),
Lilac-breasted Roller (E),
Little Bee-eater,
African Palm Swift,
Little Swift,
White-rumped Swift,
African Hoopoe,
Green Wood-Hoopoe (E),
Common Scimitarbill (E),
Grey Go-Away-Bird (E),
Speckled Mousebird,
White-backed Mousebird (common Karoopoort),
Chinspot Batis (E),
Cape Batis (W),
Black-backed Puffback (E),
Southern Boubou (E),
White-browed Scrub-Robin (E),
Cape Robin-Chat (W),
Karoo Scrub-Robin (W),
Lesser Honeyguide (1 Honeywood),
Arrow-marked Babbler (E),
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler (W),
Cape Crow,
White-necked Raven (W),
Red-billed Oxpecker (E),
Capped Wheatear,
Mountain Wheatear (E),
Familiar Chat,
Sickle-winged Chat (W),
African Stonechat,
Southern Ant-eating Chat (W),
*Grey Tit (3 near Paternoster),
*Cape Penduline-Tit (1 near St Helena Bay),
Brown-throated Martin,
Sand Martin,
Rock Martin,
White-throated Swallow,
Cliff Swallow (E),
Lesser Striped Swallow,
Greater Striped Swallow (W),
Red-breasted Swallow (E),
Wire-tailed Swallow (E),
Cloud Cisticola (E),
Levaillant's Cisticola (E),
Neddicky,
Tawny-flanked Prinia,
Karoo Prinia (W),
Yellow-breasted Apalis (E),
Bar-throated Apalis (W),
Long-billed Crombec (E),
African Reed-Warbler,
Little Rush-Warbler (E),
Lesser Swamp Warbler (E),
Cape Grassbird (E),
*Stierling's Wren-Warbler (1 Kruger between Skukuza and Lower Sabie),
*Victorin's Scrub-Warbler (4-5 heard, 1 seen Grootvadersbosch; 1 heard Honeywood),
*Knysna Scrub-Warbler (6 heard, 3 seen Grootvadersbosch),
Cape Longclaw (E),
Groundscraper Thrush,
Kurrichane Thrush (E),
Olive Thrush (W),
Bokmakierie,
Common Fiscal,
Southern White-crowned Shrike (E),
Magpie Shrike (E),
White-crested Helmet-shrike (E),
Black-crowned Tchagra (E),
African Black-headed Oriole,
African Pied Wagtail,
African Pipit,
Long-billed Pipit (W),
Spike-heeled Lark (E),
Red-capped Lark,
Pink-billed Lark (6 Devan farmlands),
Flappet Lark (E),
Sabota Lark (Kruger),
Large-billed Lark (W),
Chesntnut-backed Sparrowlark (E),
*Cape Clapper Lark (4 Agulhas race marjoriae Malagas Road; 2 race apiata near Paternoster);
*Eastern Long-billed Lark (2 Suikerbostrand),
*Cape Long-billed Lark (4 St Helena-Vredenburg Road),
*Agulhas Long-billed Lark (2 Malagas Road),
Southern Black-Flycatcher (E),
African Paradise-Flycatcher,
Fiscal Flycatcher (W),
African Dusky Flycatcher (W),
Blue-mantled Crested-Flycatcher (common Grootvadersbosch),
Fairy Flycatcher (1 Karoopoort),
Fork-tailed Drongo,
Grey Cuckoo-shrike (a few Grootvadersbosch),
Cape Bulbul (W),
Sombre Greenbul (W),
Terrestrial Brownbul (W),
Cape Glossy Starling,
Burchell's Starling (E),
Red-winged Starling,
African Pied Starling,
Pale-winged Starling (common Karoopoort),
White-bellied Sunbird (E),
Marico Sunbird (E),
Malachite Sunbird (W),
Orange-breasted Sunbird (W),
Southern Double-collared Sunbird (W),
Greater Double-collared Sunbird (W),
Cape Sugarbird (W),
Cape White-eye,
Long-tailed Widowbird (E),
Red-shouldered Widowbird (E),
Southern Red Bishop,
Golden Bishop (E),
Yellow Bishop (W),
Pin-tailed Wydah,
Cape Sparrow,
Southern Masked Weaver,
Village Weaver,
Cape Weaver (W),
Orange-breasted Waxbill (E),
Yellow Canary (E),
Black-throated Canary (E),
Yellow-fronted Canary (E),
White-throated Canary (W),
Cape Canary (W),
Brimstone Canary (W),
Forest Canary (W),
Common Waxbill,
Blue Waxbill (E),
Swee Waxbill (W),
African Quailfinch (2 Devan farmlands),
Red-billed Quelea (E),
Jameson's Firefinch (E),
Golden-breasted Bunting (E),
Cape Bunting (W).
TOTAL 293 species, 16 lifers.
MAMMALS
Vervet Monkey,
Chacma Baboon,
Lesser Galago (1 Kruger),
Blesbok (a few Suikerbostrand, West Coast Nat Park),
Burchell's Zebra (common Kruger),
Mountain Zebra (6 West Coast Nat Park),
Greater Kudu (common Kruger),
Nyala (a few Kruger),
Common Waterbuck (common Kruger),
Impala (common Kruger),
Sable Antelope (1 Kruger),
Roan Antelope (1 Kruger),
Common Bushbuck (a few Kruger),
Grey Rhebok (2 Kruger),
*Sharpe's Grysbok (1 Kruger),
Steenbuck (quite common Kruger),
Bush Duiker (a few Kruger),
Klipspringer (2 Karooport),
Wilderbeeste,
Warthog,
Giraffe (common Kruger),
Cape Buffalo (common Kruger),
Hippopotamus (common Kruger),
White Rhinoceros (13 in 6 encounters Kruger),
African Elephant (common Kruger).
Cape Rock Hyrax (common Table Mountain),
Leopard (6 seen in 5 encounters Kruger),
Lion (28 seen in 8 encounters),
African Wild Cat (2 Kruger),
Spotted Hyaena (quite common Kruger with several encounters),
Black-backed Jackal (3 Kruger),
Yellow Mongoose (2 Suikerbostrand),
Large Grey Mongoose (1 Marievale),
Slender Mongoose (a few Kruger),
Dwarf Mongoose (a few Kruger),
Small Grey Mongoose (1 West Coast Nat Park),
Large Spotted Genet (1 Kruger),
South African Ground-Squirrel (E),
Smith's Bush-Squirrel (E),
Cape Hare (2 Kruger),
Scrub Hare (1 Suikerbostrand),
*Karoo Bush Rat Myotomys unisulcatus (common St Helena Bay)
Cape Fur Seal (colony off West Coast Nat Park),
Southern Right Whale (several off Lighthouse Reserve).
Total 45 species (3 lifers).