28 January 2015
We started off this morning in a temperature drop of 19
degrees compared to yesterday which was quite something!
Our early 5am departure from camp was rewarded with a great
sighting of 5 lionesses and 1 large male on the move. A little later we picked
up some wonderful kudu bulls close to the road.
The moderate temperature caused animal movement and we had
brilliant visuals of buffalo, white rhino, elephant and 2 large herds of zebra.
At the hyena den we spotted 5 youngsters who had a giraffe vertebrae, which
they were busy fighting over next to the road whilst mom and other adults
watched patiently.
After breakfast we were again in luck to see a huge male
leopard lazing up in a marula tree where visuals were excellent!
Our guests with us for just 1 night could not believe they
had seen the big 5 in such a short time. Bird sightings were great with a total
of 41 species spotted.
This afternoon was full of great individual bull elephants
as well as 2 white rhino bulls exceptionally close to us!
We waited patently to see if the bush telegraph reports of
newly born lion cubs was true but all we saw was a very anxious and tired
looking mom! We will follow up on this
in the morning.
Kudu and impalas greeted us in abundance on route to camp
whilst a huge approaching storm brought out the bushes smaller animals in the
form of tortoises and chameleons to say hi to us.
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