27 May 2015
Another split
day as some of us went on a bushwalk this morning. Summarized it meant they
found zebra tracks, but no zebra; leopard tracks but no leopard; elephant
tracks but no elephant; they did come across some impala in the distance and
they now can tell you a lot about all kinds of poop. Or as some of the guests
stated: "you know your shit!"
As the rest of
us was out on our last morning drive of this safari, it was great to find a new
sighting. Especially since one of the guests really wanted to see them: hyenas.
After a call on
the radio from Curtis we made our way there and were lucky upon arrival as two
of them were wondering around in the road.
It did get even
better as we hang around while others continued as two hyenas started fighting
over a bone. This tibia of most likely a kudu looked like a fresh bone of a
meal they recently had and was one of the last leftover bits. Three youngsters
were lying around to see if they would get lucky for a bite, but this one hyena
had enough of all the beggers. She picked up the bone and walked straight
across the road in front of us and hid away on the other side. One brave
youngster sniffed her out and followed the exact same path as the hyena with
the bone, following her (or the bone's more likely) scent.
After watching
these ladies for a while one by one they hid in the long grass for some sleep
and we had to return to the lodge.
Other
interesting sightings: an elephant bull in must (we smelled him before we saw
him) and a couple more elephants, lovely white rhinos with a youngster, lots of
zebras, kudus and last but not least: impalas.
As all of our
guests were leaving today it was a full car back to Nelspruit, where we said
goodbye to Sonia and Michael, as well as Maruti and Mevil, who would continue
their holidays in Cape Town. And to Simon who would fly back home. It had been
a pleasure being your safari guide, thanks to all for joining us!
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