{"id":3327,"date":"2016-03-25T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2016-05-06T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:36:44","slug":"kruger-2016-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=3327","title":{"rendered":"Kruger 2016, Part 7. Boulders Lodge."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shingwedzi for lunch. S50 up. H1-6 back down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3329\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P1120534r.jpg\" alt=\"P1120534r\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P1120534r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P1120534r-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/P1120534r-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kori Bustard. This is the heaviest flying bird in Africa, maybe in the world (the UK Great Bustard is also a contender for the title). They run over 20 kilograms sometimes, I&#8217;m told.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8937r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8937r\" width=\"800\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8937r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8937r-300x156.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8937r-768x399.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tsessebe are quite rare in the park, so finding a small herd with calves was nice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3331\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8988r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8988r\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8988r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8988r-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_8988r-768x515.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found this tusker next to the H1-6 south of Shingwedzi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9022r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9022r\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9022r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9022r-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9022r-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After popping in to Mopani for a quick loo break we were off to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.krugerpark.com\/self-catering\/boulders-lodge\/\">Boulders Lodge<\/a>, an exclusive non-fenced lodge south of Mopani. It consists of a large living area and six double rooms, sleeping a maximum of twelve people (but you can book the whole place out for as few as four people).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9036r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9036r\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9036r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9036r-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9036r-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some elephants came to visit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9038r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9038r\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9038r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9038r-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9038r-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9051r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9051r\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9051r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9051r-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9051r-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Close encounters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9052r.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9052r\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9052r.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9052r-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_9052r-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shingwedzi for lunch. S50 up. H1-6 back down. Kori Bustard. This is the heaviest flying bird in Africa, maybe in the world (the UK Great Bustard is also a contender for the title). They run over 20 kilograms sometimes, I&#8217;m told. Tsessebe are quite rare in the park, so finding a small herd with calves was nice. We found this tusker next to the H1-6 south of Shingwedzi. After popping in to Mopani for a quick loo break we were off to Boulders Lodge, an exclusive non-fenced lodge south of Mopani. It consists of a large living area and six&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kruger-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3341,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions\/3341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}