26 May 2015
So this morning
we set out off on our morning drive trying to find the elusive leopard trying
to complete the magical big five. No luck this morning but our highlight of the
day includes both the other two big cats.
The first
highlight was a tip off from a colleague about two lionesses which had been
seen walking along the road. When we arrived at the sighting one had moved into
the bushes but the other had found a cool shady area right next to the road
giving us a great view of her. We sat and watched as she panted heavily in the
morning heat.
While we were
there the number of other vehicles was low and so we were able to spend plenty
of time with her before she got up and walked away into a even shadier spot.
Our second
highlight was a cheetah sighting. Initially lying it was an average sighting as
the cheetah was about thirty meters away. We waited to see if it would move
closer to us and eventually it did move. Unfortunately it moved in to the bush
but the direction it was going was towards the road so we moved to the tar road
and waited.
Five minutes
later out it popped just in front of us and we were able to follow for a few
hundred meters before again it disappeared. Guessing at its path of trajectory
we positioned ourselves nicely and relocated it several times before it finally
gave us the slip.
Other animals
seen today included the cape buffalo, white rhino, giraffe, warthog,
zebra, kudu, waterbuck, impala, common duiker, klipspringers, hippo,
vervet monkeys and a slender mongoose
Birds included a
pair of fish eagles, southern ground hornbills as well as red-billed,
yellow-billed and grey headed hornbills.
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