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My contribution for this week’s challenge…
Gathering
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I intended to use some family gatherings for this post and then remembered one very hot day in Kruger National Park in 2013 
After hearing apologies from our guide about the distance
we would be travelling and the heat…
early in our day, this heard of Wildebeest was
our first gathering for the day.
This was our first large sighting of any one species…
but not the last.
This random shot, not taken on that hot day,
but suits the challenge.
Half an hour past the wildebeest gathering we sighted
this family already trying to find respite from the heat.
Nearing the end of our day we found another gathering
of four-wheel drives.
All occupants were intently focused on a gathering
on and to the to each side of this road.
While our guide was still a tad apologetic regarding
time spent on the road and the heat – our other vehicle
is the green one second from the front – we thought it
a magnificent day because of all our animal sightings.
I have only shown the gathering type sightings in this post.
As I said last week:
This is why I love Africa.
Zoos don’t let you get so close as this…
PS: I think my ‘past’ is correct…but not sure. 🙂
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WoollyMuses 
Great photos for this challenge
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Wow! what an experience, nice shots.
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Great photos. Love them.
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Great gallery and great view on the subject. …. Africa, a dream … that is still alive.
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I do hope to get back again…hope is the word though. It is well worth a visit.
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Have only been to Alger … out in the desert … it was very hot … with a team that tested cars. But Africa is such an amazing country what I can understand from what I heard and seen … so much to see … on my bucket/wish list.
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Put South Africa on your list as well as Botswana. We loved every minute of both trips and were destined to go back in 2016 however all those who suggested the idea pulled out. we traveled with Imagine Africa 4×4 Safaris…and had a ball.
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Thank for the tip …. only Australia that’s above on the list. *smile
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Plenty to see and do here as well 🙂
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Loved the shot of the lions laying on the road and blocking traffic. Wonderful!
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It wa s a magnificent experience. Sadly we did not see any lions on our second trip but did hear one that made the MGM lion sound like a kitten. No-one was game to stick their head out of the tent to see just how close it was though. 🙂
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