13 April 2015
After the success
of yesterday we set out this morning with a list of just two animals that the
guests were eager to see. Lions and giraffe!!!
We got both,
the lions were a distance away in the shade of a river bank but it was still a
pride of five.
What made this
sighting so much more interesting was the arrival of a troupe of baboons who
started to cross the dry river bed. It wasn't long before one of the baboons
saw the lions and then all hell broke.
Big dominant
males started to alarm call setting off the rest of the troop. The youngsters
and females all climbed trees while a couple of males sat and watched.
After things calmed
down a bit a large male baboon tried to kidnap a young baby from its mum. Mum
was not happy to say the least and proceeded to screech and call at the top of
her voice setting a five minute spell of chaos as other baboons started to
screech and fight all around us. Some of the noises were pretty intense and
incredible before it calmed down.
Back to the
lions who didn't flinch an inch and carried on sleeping throughout all the
drama as only cats can!!!
Our second
highlight was the dozens of giraffe sightings we had. Yesterday we saw one head
far in the distance. Today we saw about thirty, big and small, young and old,
all close to the car.
With the two
last animals scrubbed off our list we just relaxed and enjoyed the drive spotting
lots more animals.
Also seen today
spotted hyena, dwarf mongoose, tree squirrel, impala, zebra, kudu, steenbok,
waterbuck, warthog, wildebeest, elephant, buffalo, rhino, vervets, hippo,
crocodile, marsh terrapins, leopard tortoise and common duiker.
Just a few of the
birds seen today included goliath heron, brown snake eagle, bataleurs,
red-billed oxpeckers, marabou storks, hamerkops, helmeted guinea fowl and
grey herons.
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