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Dag 1: Bakubung lodge en Bakubung Lodge

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We arrived in Johannesburg late yesterday. This morning after a quiet start we drove to the Bakubung Bush Lodge. It is a large complex. We have lunch with a view of wild animals, and then we go on the first safari ride. You are divided into groups, and each driver is mainly looking for lions, leopards and cheetahs. As a by-product you get to see many other animals, from elephants to cormorants.

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<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/turdidae/turdus smithi/turdus smithi-en.html">Turdus smithi</a> / Karoo thrush / Karoolijster</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 12800, distance 8.73 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/musophagiformes/musophagidae/crinifer concolor/crinifer concolor-en.html">Crinifer concolor</a> / Grey go‑away‑bird / Vale toerako</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 320, distance 15.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/piciformes/lybiidae/trachyphonus vaillantii/trachyphonus vaillantii-en.html">Trachyphonus vaillantii</a> / Crested barbet / Kuifbaardvogel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 2000, distance 4.28 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/charadriiformes/charadriidae/vanellus armatus/vanellus armatus-en.html">Vanellus armatus</a> / Blacksmith lapwing / Smidsplevier</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1250, distance 38.5 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/sturnidae/acridotheres tristis/acridotheres tristis-en.html">Acridotheres tristis</a> / Common myna / Treurmaina</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 640
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/turdidae/turdus libonyana/turdus libonyana-en.html">Turdus libonyana</a> / Kurrichane thrush / Kurrichanelijster</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1250, distance 9.78 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/strigiformes/strigidae/glaucidium perlatum/glaucidium perlatum-en.html">Glaucidium perlatum</a> / Pearl‑spotted owlet / Geparelde dwerguil</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1600, distance 5.88 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/muscicapidae/melaenornis pammelaina/melaenornis pammelaina-en.html">Melaenornis pammelaina</a> / Southern black flycatcher / Kaapse drongovliegenvanger</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1600, distance 4.67 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/artiodactyla/suidae/phacochoerus africanus/phacochoerus africanus-en.html">Phacochoerus africanus</a> / Common warthog / Knobbelzwijn</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 800
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/turdidae/turdus litsitsirupa/turdus litsitsirupa-en.html">Turdus litsitsirupa</a> / Groundscraper thrush / Acacialijster</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 800, distance 24.7 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/pelecaniformes/threskiornithidae/threskiornis aethiopicus/threskiornis aethiopicus-en.html">Threskiornis aethiopicus</a> / African sacred ibis / Heilige ibis</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 500, distance 20.6 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/columbiformes/columbidae/spilopelia senegalensis/spilopelia senegalensis-en.html">Spilopelia senegalensis</a> / Laughing dove / Palmtortel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1000, distance 18.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/piciformes/lybiidae/lybius torquatus/lybius torquatus-en.html">Lybius torquatus</a> / Black‑collared barbet / Zwarthalsbaardvogel</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 250, distance 20.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/suliformes/phalacrocoracidae/phalacrocorax carbo lucidus/phalacrocorax carbo lucidus-en.html">Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus</a> / White‑breasted cormorant / Witborstaalscholver</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 320, distance 279 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/artiodactyla/giraffidae/giraffa camelopardalis/giraffa camelopardalis-en.html">Giraffa camelopardalis</a> / Northern giraffe / Giraffe</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1600, distance 44.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/proboscidea/elephantidae/loxodonta africana/loxodonta africana-en.html">Loxodonta africana</a> / African savanna elephant / Afrikaanse olifant</h3>OM-1 with M.40-150mm F2.8 + MC-14, 1/500 sec at F4.0, ISO 400, distance 20.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/galliformes/phasianidae/pternistis swainsonii/pternistis swainsonii-en.html">Pternistis swainsonii</a> / Swainson's spurfowl / Swainsons frankolijn</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1000, distance 4.43 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/dicruridae/dicrurus adsimilis/dicrurus adsimilis-en.html">Dicrurus adsimilis</a> / Fork‑tailed drongo / Treurdrongo</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 500, distance 21.9 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/otidiformes/otididae/ardeotis kori/ardeotis kori-en.html">Ardeotis kori</a> / Kori bustard / Koritrap</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 400, distance 110 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/rhinocerotidae/ceratotherium simum/ceratotherium simum-en.html">Ceratotherium simum</a> / White rhinoceros / Witte neushoorn</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 800, distance 327 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/passeriformes/pycnonotidae/pycnonotus barbatus tricolor/pycnonotus barbatus tricolor-en.html">Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor</a> / Dark‑capped bulbul / Driekleurbuulbuul</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/2000 sec at F4.0, ISO 1250, distance 17.3 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/artiodactyla/bovidae/connochaetes taurinus/connochaetes taurinus-en.html">Connochaetes taurinus</a> / Blue wildebeest / Blauw wildebeest</h3>OM-1 with M.40-150mm F2.8 + MC-14, 1/640 sec at F4.5, ISO 200, distance 14.0 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/mammalia/artiodactyla/bovidae/aepyceros melampus/aepyceros melampus-en.html">Aepyceros melampus</a> / Impala / Impala</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/320 sec at F4.0, ISO 4000, distance 101 m
<h3><a href="/trips/safari/biota/animalia/chordata/aves/galliformes/numididae/numida meleagris/numida meleagris-en.html">Numida meleagris</a> / Helmeted guineafowl / Helmparelhoen</h3>OM-1 Mark II with OLYMPUS M.300mm F4.0, 1/80 sec at F4.0, ISO 5000, distance 6.76 m

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