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African
Penguins at Simon's Town
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Leopard
in the Kruger National Park.
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Lion & lunch.
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White-fronted
Bee-eater
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"Dear Geoff. Thanks to you and Bruce for such a memorable,
educational and light hearted tour we had with you. Best wishes
for the future and I am sure we will be with you again in
the not too distant future." Yours sincerely, David
and Lesley.
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Dancing Blue Cranes at Plettenberg Bay.
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The
illusive Blue Duiker in the Garden Route.
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Bontebok at the Cape of Good Hope.
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Buffalo
in the Kruger National Park.
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"Hi
Geoff. Thanks so much for putting up with me. Thank you for
your amazing observations and bushcraft."
Best wishes, Barbara.
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Lilac-breasted
Roller.
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Cape
Bunting at Betty's Bay.
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Cape
Mountain Zebra in the
Mountain Zebra National Park.
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Birding
in Natures Valley.
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"
Dear Geoff. Many thanks again for such a splendid holiday: we
enjoyed it thoroughly and hope you managed to survive our company
without major mental trauma." Clare and David.
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Yellow-billed
Hornbill at Berg-en-dal Camp.
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Flightless Dung beetle at Addo Elephant National Park.
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Elephant
in the Sabie River.
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Elephant
herd in Addo Elephant National Park
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"Hi Geoff. Just a short note to thank you for an enjoyable
tour. Please keep in touch. Once again many thanks for an enjoyable
trip." kind regards, Mark.
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Trying
to be artistic! Pink flower
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Protea
rubropilosa and the Three Rondavels.
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Stand-off
between a Ground Squirrel
& a Ground Agama.
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Hartlaub's
Gull.
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"Hi
Geoff. Once again we want to thank you for organization of the
beautiful tour around the south of SA, and your very nice, and
friendly assistance. You have got really fantastic knowledge
of natural history and hopefully we meet with you again in South
Africa to see next regions of this country." Best regards,
Stefan.
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Hippo
in the Kruger National Park.
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Spotted
Hyaena cooling off
in the Kruger National Park.
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Knysna
Lourie in the Tsitsikamma forest.
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Knysna
Lagoon.
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"Good morning Geoff. Just for your information, we received
feedback today from Beatrice and they were extremely happy with
the tour and they wrote “Jeff
was a wonderful guide!” ". So thank you again! With
kind regards, Clare-Laure.
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Crested
Barbet in the Kruger National Park.
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Young
Baboon at Cape Point
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Burchells
Zebra in the Kruger National Park.
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Cape
Teal in the
West Coast National Park
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"Hi Geoff. Without doubt it was a brilliant trip - thank
you very much! Superb organising as usual and the success was
totally down to both of you - please pass this on to Bruce as
well. Sue and I had a great time. All the best to you and the
family." John & Sue.
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Birdwatching
in the Tankwa Karoo.
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Pale
Chanting Goshawk
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Two
endemics: Parrot-beaked Tortoise
posing next to Babiana rubrocyanea.
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Puff
Adder in the
Mountain Zebra National Park.
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"Dear Geoff. Thanks for the great holiday, we both appreciated
your hard work and tour input and all the driving that you did.
All the best". Cathy & Jim.
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Red
Hartebeest in the
Mountain Zebra National Park
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White
Rhino and calf.
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Rock
art walk in the Cederberg.
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Samango
Monkey at Mount Sheba.
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Via Linkedin: “Geoff always ensures that the finer details
are well covered. I know that my clients are in great hands
when on tour with Geoff. His knowledge of natural history is
immense, yet he translates that to his guests with ease whilst
keeping them interested.” Craig at Trailfinders. July
29, 2010
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White-browed
Robin-Chat
at Lower Sabie Camp.
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Spring
flowers were fantastic this year.
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A
field of spring flowers.
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Springbok
in the
Mountain Zebra National Park
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"Hello
Geoff. We are home now after the other portions of our trip
and I wanted to send my sincere thanks to both you and Bruce
for making the holiday a very successful one. I really appreciate
all your work to set this up, and Bruce's seemingly endless
patience and positive attitude." All the best, Peg.
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Red-billed
Oxpecker on a Rhino ear.
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Orchids - Disa chrysostachya
at Tsitsikamma National Park.
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Orchid
- Corycium orobanchoides.
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One
of many spring flowers
- Geissorhiza radians.
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Kruger
By Barbara Last
Fourteen
enthusiastic birders,
on an African adventure,
Fearless leaders Bruce and Geoffrey,
into Kruger they did venture,
Rhinos ruminate on roadway,
Blocking traffic every which way
Baby elephant a tumbling
Aunties helping, round and rumbling,
Lion, zebra and hyaena’s,
Hoping that they haven’t seen us,
Glimpse of leopard up a tree,
Sight that very few did see.
Raptures over raptors flying,
Rollers rolling, hornbills honking,
Lonesome bustard vainly puffing
To an unresponsive world,
Seen only by us birders,
With his feathers all unfurled
Two
giraffes on a zebra crossing,
Squelching hippos, hyacinths thrashing,
All that Kruger has to offer
Bar the cheetah hiding somewhere,
And the mystic,
darned illusive,
vanished,
non-existent
phantom creature,
- the Secretary bird.
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All photographs in
this gallery taken by Geoff
Crane.
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