Last Updated on December 20, 2021 by Kevin Agar
From the Panorama Route we travelled to Kruger National Park. We had 4 nights in the park and stayed at 2 different camps. The 1st camp was Oliphants overlooking the Oliphants river. It would have been great to sit and eat overlooking the river but this wasn’t possible due to the unusually high winds whilst we were there, but we still managed to do a braii (BBQ). We had an early morning game drive here as well as the self driving that we did everywhere. Here are a few of the shots I took.
Black Kite, Milvus migrans
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/3200 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
A very poor shot but at least it was possible to ID the bird
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Tockus leucomelas
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/4000 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Eurasian Roller, Coracias garrulus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1600 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Wattled Starling, Creatophora cinerea
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1000 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
White-fronted Bee-eater, Merops bullockoides
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/320 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Impala
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/800 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Red-billed Oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus on a Cape Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/4000 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Natal Spurfowl, Pternistis natalensis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/200 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Eurasian Roller, Coracias garrulus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1250 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Eurasian Roller, Coracias garrulus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1000 s. f/5 iso200 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Blue Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus taurinus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/40 s. f/4 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Burchell's Zebra, Equus burchelli
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/50 s. f/4 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Elephant, Loxodonta africana
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/160 s. f/4 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/500 s. f/4 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Blacksmith Lapwing, Vanellus armatus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1250 s. f/5.6 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Merops nubicoides
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/250 s. f/5.6 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Halcyon albiventris
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/320 s. f/4.5 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Merops nubicoides
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/320 s. f/4.5 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/5000 s. f/4.5 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1600 s. f/8 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Hyena, Crocuta crocuta
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/4000 s. f/5 iso1600 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Saddle-billed Stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1250 s. f/7.1 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/2500 s. f/7.1 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Passer diffusus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/3200 s. f/4.5 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Woodland Kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/6400 s. f/4.5 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus caeruleus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/2500 s. f/5.6 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/2000 s. f/6.3 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Tockus rufirostris
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 1/1000 s. f/7.1 iso400 EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Next it’s on to Lower Sabie Camp, in the South of Kruger National Park