Hiking Suikerboschfontein - Part 4 - Unusual welcoming committee and hosts.

When we arrived we were greeted by an unusual welcoming committee.

I didn't manage to get a shot but this will give you an idea of what they looked like.

A mother warthog and her piglets

10 mins later, walking to the lookout point at the overnight spot I bumped into one of these...

Once again, not fast enough with the camera but this one is pretty similar.

...and then putting the gear down into the bungalows there were these...

The lighting and camera was poor so their coloring is actually more like this specimen below.

Tropical house geckos are what they are called... and you can see why they have house in their name.

They weren't bothered by us in the lease, the whole time we were there... In fact the girls were far more bothered by them in their bathroom.

The other overnight hut had a resident population of bats.

Of the small insectivorous variety. Once again hard to photograph, so here is one the same type off the net...

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There were more critters to be found outside once we started hiking... but more on that later.

to be continued...

...and a SHOUT OUT goes to @elyaque for his cool badges... try some.