Kruger: last part of our bird-fest

TRAVEL

AFTER a night at Shingwedzi it was time to turn back southward. We first followed a tar road to the Babalala picnic site before returning on a gravel road that followed the mostly dried-up river bed. Huge flocks of helmeted guineafowl were seen on the road and I would like to make the suggestion that the collective noun for guineafowl is a “deliciousness”.

Our next stop was Mopani rest camp. This is situated on a promontory overlooking a large body of water called the Pioneer Dam. There were many bird species