Khiding Pan Mabuasehube to Lesholago Pan

We drove from Khiding Pan not having seen much in the way of animals via Mpayathutlwa Pan which was the only pan with water in it fed via a bore pump. We drove all the way around the pan and saw a few boks but not much else. We headed north towards Mubua Pan. There were a couple of people camping around the pan, but we didn’t see many animals, then it was off to Lesholago Pan, total distance from Khiding of about 20km. Lesholago Pan had a much better view of the pan, we were in campsite number 2. There were Oryx and springbok on the pan especially in the evening. We stayed two nights. The first morning we heard a lion calling, maybe 1km away. That night it called again, this time closer. The next morning we left we heard it calling in the far distance. It is very dry at Lesholago Pan, we were visited by African Honey Bees again, but we moved a lot of water away so we were not quite as tormented by them. The African Honey Bees seem to be able to smell water even in closed water containers, or objects that have held water.

The waterhole at Mpaya pan
Oryx on Mpaya Pan
The lookout at Mubua Pan
Oryx at Lesholago Pan
Blue helmeted Guineafowl at Lesholago Pan
Sunset at Lesholago Pan
Cape squirrel at Lesholago Pan
Liz’s pet Cape Squirrel at Lesholago Pan
Liz’s pet Guineafowl at Lesholago Pan
a male Violet-eared Waxbill at Lesholago Pan
A Cape Sparrow at Lesholago Pan
Making bread at Lesholago Pan
Baking the bread in a frying pan
A hornbill at Lesholago Pan
A narrow waisted wasp. Theses fly into camp, hardly even land and generally don’t bite
A Penduline tit nest we saw a few days ago. It took us a while to identify it. A very small bird less than 8cm long. The entrance is only 2cm across