29 March 2015
So today was the
start of a new tour and not much for me too do as straight away the guests went
out on their sundowner drive. A chance to take a first relaxing drive, watch a
sunset with a glass of amarula and try and find some animals using the
spotlight. Lots of general game was seen last night including hippo, giraffe
and zebra.
30 March 2015
This morning
after a spot of breakfast we set out eager to add to last nights start.
And add we
did!!!
The highlight
of the day was at transport dam. When we arrived there we found plenty of
action going on with herds of zebra and waterbuck by the water. We then saw two
female lions walk out from the tall grass immediately setting the alarm calls
off from waterbuck. We watched for about ten minutes before the lionesses chose
a nice shady tree to settle down underneath. As we watched them the waterbuck
and zebra moved away to be replaced by impala and blue wildebeest, both
keeping a respectable distance from the carnivores. At the dam we also had a
pod of hippo, a lone crocodile swimming across the dam and plenty of birdlife.
During the rest
of the morning we also found a trio of cheetahs, elephant, kudu, vervets and
giraffe.
Our second
highlight happened in the afternoon. An afternoon which started off very
quietly and was rescued by a wonderful sighting of a leopard. We found him
sitting just ten meters from the road lying on a branch of a marula tree. He
hung around for about fifteen minutes every now and again changing position
before he decided to climb down and cross the road in front of us and disappear
from sight.
A great end to a
very good day!!!
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