18 April 2015
Our safari
started in pouring rain on route to Kruger but our 2 enthusiastic guests still
left in torrential rain on the sunset drive where they saw good Buffalo and
Elephant sightings!
Todays
highlights came in the form of 2 sightings!
The first being
where we were following a spotted Hyena down the road and suddenly it came
across a Leopard sleeping on some very low granite outcrops which we couldn’t
originally see!
The leopard woke
up angrily and gave the Hyena the fright of its life!!!
At about 11 am
the next great sighting occurred where we picked up a male Cheetah totally
relaxed and walking down the road!
This is the
male who performs and perform he did with all his scent marking right next to
our vehicle!!!! Two thrilling sightings indeed considering it was cold , rainy
and windy all morning!
Other sightings
were mating Lions , a huge Buffalo herd crossing the road as well as a large
herd of Elephant real close to us making up the big 5 for the morning!!!
General game
included Giraffe, Kudu, Impala, slender mongoose as well as Dwarf mongoose ,Waterbuck
and grey duiker!
This afternoons
drive awaits!
Afternoon Safari:
This afternoons
safari we were joined by Katey , Amanda and Mark who strengthened an already
strong team
There were two
highlights and they were basically the only 2 sightings of the afternoon!
At approx. 16:00pm
we came across 5 W.Rhino and 1 very young calf! They were in supreme condition
and approached us grazing slowly!
Further down
the road at approx 16:45pm we came across 12 Wild dogs on the road! They
proceeded to undertake 2 attempted kills on W.Rhino and Zebra respectively
without any success!
We followed
them once returning back to the road for 4,6 km allowing for fantastic
photographic opportunities!!!
This sighting
brought the magnificent 7 to Chad and Amy who were beyond excited!!!!
It was all we had
time to see as we headed back to camp very grateful for all these magnificent
creatures of Kruger!
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