ED AYLMER, JOHANNESBURG
Occupation: Retired engineer
Number of park visits: About 25
Favourite camps: “Nossob, for its remoteness and proximity to Cubitje Quap waterhole, one of the best places in the park for photography.
“When it comes to the wilderness camps, I love Urikaruus because it has its own waterhole, which you can see from your unit. Plus, when you go on an early morning drive, you have the area to yourself before cars start arriving from more distant camps.”
The Kgalagadi is famous for its black-maned lions and other predators, but the birdlife in the park is just as spectacular. The park has approximately 280 species of birds, which includes resident, migrant, and vagrant species. This bounty offers excellent opportunities for the keen bird photographer.
When I first visited the park in 1992, I was surprised to find how different it was to the Kruger, which my wife Nicky and our family visited on a regular basis. The Kgalagadi presented a very different landscape of sand dunes and scrub. It was quite cold the first time we visited in mid-winter, and sightings were few and far between, unlike in the Kruger where we were used to seeing animals all the time.
However, over the years, I became extremely fond
