15 March 2015
This morning
was the final day of this tour and we had one final morning drive. We were once
again spoiled with a number of very close encounters.
The first was
at a hyena den, we had seen a couple of hyena at the den yesterday but today we
hit the jackpot!!
We counted
fifteen in total with about nine laying around the den entrance with the others
wandering around nearby.
Only second
highlight was a series of sightings which all happened within a kilometer of
each other.
We had heard
about a lion sighting and as we arrived there we saw a little gathering of
vehicles at the sighting.
However we
never got to the sighting as just a short distance from it we found a male and
female lion right next to the road. We had this pair all to our self for a
while before the female walked off across the road with the male in close
pursuit.
Shortly after
leaving the lions and managing to work our way through the melee of vehicles
now here we moved on and came across a group of large bull elephants. We parked
the mova and waited as one walked straight up to us , faced us head on and
watched us as we watched him. There was probably no more than a meter between
us before he decided we were no threat and he moved away.
If these last
two sighting weren't enough just fifty meters from the elephant sighting and a
female lion walked out in front of us and decided to walk down the road with us
in pursuit. We followed her for about five minutes before she moved into the
bush ending an incredible spell of sightings.
Also seen today
were warthog, kudu, impala, zebra, vervets, buffalo, rhino, steenbok and
hippos.
Birds seen
include saddle billed stork, dark chanting goshawk, hamerkops, oxpeckers, grey
headed hornbills and many more.
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