On Safari from 13 July 2013

With Mark

13 July 2013

Route: Napi - H3 - Napi - nkambeni camp

General sightings:

Giraffe, kudu, steenbok, warthog, impala, baboon, monkeys, waterbuck and slender mongoose.

Further sightings

Brilliant Male elephant sightings along  Napi. All busy eating as they walked along, A male serval cat walking slowly along the road just before klipspringer koppies. Moved of into the bush. A large herd (80) elephant 1Kms from Napi on the H3. Many young with this herd all playing on the road. Found 3 cheetah lying just before biyamiti bridge on the H3. A distant visual but out in the open. A large herd of buffalo on napi tar just before the gate.

14 July 2013

Route: Napi - Doispan - Albaseni - Nkambeni

General sightings:

Elephant, waterbuck, kudu, impala, steenbok, giraffe, (Banded, dwarf and slender mongoose), baboons, monkeys and Zebra.

3 male lions lying approximately 50m of the road 2.3km from the S114 on the gwatamiri.

We just missed a leopard due to increase of traffic on the roads heading out of the park as holidays come to an end.

Decided not to report on Rhino's anymore due to the sensitivity of the issue.

15 July 2013

Route: napi - tshokwane tar - doispan - albaseni - nkambeni camp

General sightings:

Kudu, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, waterbuck, warthog, steenbok, common duiker

Great elephant sightings throughout the day, with many herds crossing right over in front of us. Only buffalo bulls seen on our drives so no large herds yet.

1 large male lion lying on the sandbank of mutlamuvi. Good photo's taken as he got up and moved off into the bushes.

16 July 2013

Guests Leave the park today and guides are off for a day..

Next safari is the 18th July with the Australian Challenge group.