3 February 2014
Route: Numbi tar - Napi boulders - Nkambeni camp
General animals seen: Kudu, impala, waterbuck, warthog, zebra and dwarf - slender mongoose
General animals seen: Kudu, impala, waterbuck, warthog, zebra and dwarf - slender mongoose
During the afternoon drive we found great sightings of Rhino right next to the road. 4 buffalo bulls grazing on the side of the road approximately 100m from Numbi tar on Napi.
Approximately 500m from tourism control we had a female
elephant with her calf eating grass around a Marola tree. Very relaxed and
guests got great photos of the two.
4 February 2014
Route: Numbi tar - Napi - Doispan - Albaseni - Nkambeni
General animal sightings: waterbuck, kudu, impala, klipspringer, common duiker, hippos, zebra, blue wildebeest and rhino
We got to see elephant bulls next to the road on napi with distant visuals of herds near transport dam access road.
2 male lions and 2 lioness 500m past neyamundwa dam. As this was a distant visual we decided to wait around for late afternoon and see if they would get up and come closer to the road. Eventually, the lions did get up and walked out onto the road approximately 5m from our open vehicle. 1 lioness proceeded to roar right next to us.
A good end to a great day in Africa.
We wait and see what the bush has to offer for tomorrow.
General animal sightings: waterbuck, kudu, impala, klipspringer, common duiker, hippos, zebra, blue wildebeest and rhino
We got to see elephant bulls next to the road on napi with distant visuals of herds near transport dam access road.
2 male lions and 2 lioness 500m past neyamundwa dam. As this was a distant visual we decided to wait around for late afternoon and see if they would get up and come closer to the road. Eventually, the lions did get up and walked out onto the road approximately 5m from our open vehicle. 1 lioness proceeded to roar right next to us.
A good end to a great day in Africa.
We wait and see what the bush has to offer for tomorrow.
5 February 2014
Route: Numbi tar - Napi - Transport dam - Napi - Nkambeni
General animals seen: kudu, impala, blue wildebeest, zebra, bush buck, steenbok, vervet monkeys, chackma baboons, waterbuck and hippos
We had above average sightings of rhinos today with the largest Crash being 6 together.
Throughout the day we had elephant sightings with a massive bull in musth walking down napi towards the junction of Numbi tar. We gave him his space and after a while he walked off towards shabeni koppies.
A herd (200) buffalo lazing at the waterhole in the heat of the day.
Early morning drive we were called by a colleague to let us know about a leopard on transport dam access road and we headed down to it. Not a great sighting as all we got was rosettes in the bush due to the long grass on the side of the road.
Further to this the day rapidly increased with heat and the animal sightings deteriorated.
We returned to camp, where the guests could relax before going on their sundown drive to find a up close and personal leopard (which everybody would love to see).
General animals seen: kudu, impala, blue wildebeest, zebra, bush buck, steenbok, vervet monkeys, chackma baboons, waterbuck and hippos
We had above average sightings of rhinos today with the largest Crash being 6 together.
Throughout the day we had elephant sightings with a massive bull in musth walking down napi towards the junction of Numbi tar. We gave him his space and after a while he walked off towards shabeni koppies.
A herd (200) buffalo lazing at the waterhole in the heat of the day.
Early morning drive we were called by a colleague to let us know about a leopard on transport dam access road and we headed down to it. Not a great sighting as all we got was rosettes in the bush due to the long grass on the side of the road.
Further to this the day rapidly increased with heat and the animal sightings deteriorated.
We returned to camp, where the guests could relax before going on their sundown drive to find a up close and personal leopard (which everybody would love to see).
6 February 2014
Route: Albaseni - Doispan - S65 - Napi - Nkambeni camp
General animals sightings: giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, impala, warthog, blue wildebeest, vervet monkeys, chackma baboons, rhino and hippos
We had some wonderful sightings of elephants today, with one on doispan standing in the road approximately 5m from the vehicle. Fantastic to be able to sit and appreciate the magnitude of Africa's largest land mammal.
While we were heading down to skukuza, a collage of mine informed me that there was a report of a male leopard near the junction of Napi and S65. I decided to head that way as both my clients had not seen a wild leopard before.
On reaching Napi we turned right towards transport dam and approximately 100m down the road, this massive male leopard popped out of the tall grass right next to the vehicle and proceeded to walk past our vehicle.
We turned the car around and drove behind him for a good 500m where he moved off into the tall grass and left us with great photos and memories.
All clients returned to camp with a sense of achievement in seen animals they came to Africa to see.
General animals sightings: giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, impala, warthog, blue wildebeest, vervet monkeys, chackma baboons, rhino and hippos
We had some wonderful sightings of elephants today, with one on doispan standing in the road approximately 5m from the vehicle. Fantastic to be able to sit and appreciate the magnitude of Africa's largest land mammal.
While we were heading down to skukuza, a collage of mine informed me that there was a report of a male leopard near the junction of Napi and S65. I decided to head that way as both my clients had not seen a wild leopard before.
On reaching Napi we turned right towards transport dam and approximately 100m down the road, this massive male leopard popped out of the tall grass right next to the vehicle and proceeded to walk past our vehicle.
We turned the car around and drove behind him for a good 500m where he moved off into the tall grass and left us with great photos and memories.
All clients returned to camp with a sense of achievement in seen animals they came to Africa to see.
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