We were lucky enough to see these small predators 3 times during the day. One of them was on its way to the dam when an ostrich decided for whatever reason to chase it away, depriving us of a special moment with it...

Bitterpan is a private camp in the dune area between Nossob and Mata Mata. You can only drive the road if you spend a night at the camp and only from Nossob to Mata Mata. The drive is quite nice taking you over red dunes and offering nice panoramas, and the road is not too bumpy. The camp offer a beautiful view over the pan and is located about 150m away from an artificial waterhole.
Unfortunately, when we visited in October 2015, only the Bitter pan waterhole had water, the ones along the way were all dry.

Late evening, we had the privilège to hear and wee a beautiful male leopard walked through the camp to quench his thrusts at the pond next to the camp attendant house, behind the camp! He was prevented to drink form the main waterhole by jackals. He was extremely relaxed when he brushed his way past our cabin.

Bitterpan reed cabins

The pan from the deck

Sunrise over the pan, view from the room

Gemsboks coming to drink 

Namaqua and Bushel's sandgrouses landing in Mabuasehube

White-backed vultuere

White-faced vulture

Juvenile pale chanting goshawk

Kori bustard

Cape crow

Swallow-tailed bee-eater

Lanner falcon

Nothing I had heard about the flower bloom could have prepared me for this. It was absolutely amazing to see! 2015 season seemed to have been an exceptional one as well. It was just magical to get to the coast and see it carpeted with flowers of all possible colours and shapes!

On the coast, succulent types dominates while the mountains are the realm of daisies. A must see, really!
This place has, with the Spitzkoppe, become one my favourite ever.

Flowers of the coast

Driving along the Caracal eco-route in the mountains

Fields of orange daisies at Skilpad

This colony can be found near the Boulderbaai campground in the northern section of the coastal area.