12 April 2015
This morning we
had an early start, as always, giving us as much time as possible searching for
the many different species. We had a very enjoyable and rewarding drive with
lots of great sightings.
Our first
highlight was an elephant sighting where we came upon two bulls. One wasn't
interested in us and carried on feeding. The other made his way to us and
crossed over the road fifteen meters in front of us.
Once on the
other side he turned and slowly walked towards our vehicle until he was
standing right next to us. He then turned, had a look at us raised his trunk to
have a smell and then decided to carry on feeding. It's always a great
experience having the giant of the bush standing just a couple of meters from
the car.
Although my
guests had a slightly increased heart rate all was good!!!
Our second
sighting was a lovely surprise as we drove down the road.
We had been
told about a cheetah sighting early in the morning but we were too far to go
there at the time so after breakfast we headed along the road to the sighting
in the hope it was still there.
Unfortunately
by this time the animal had moved and so disappointed we carried on.
Disappointment
turned to joy as a short distance down the road we turned a corner and found a
different cheetah walking down the road towards us. Now this cheetah is well
known for his antics and today was no different as first he started to spray a
nearby marula tree before doing what he does best and that's jumping up into
the tree.
He stood and
posed for ten minutes before jumping down and moving away.
An amazing
sighting of an beautiful feline!!!
Throughout the
day we had more great sightings including lots of impala, kudu, waterbuck, a
hippo and crocodile lying next to each other, giraffe, steenbok, zebra,
wildebeest, duiker, leopard, African wild dog, buffalo, rhino and leopard
tortoise.
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