30 April 2015
This morning we
packed up again and left Pretoriuskop to go back to Nkambeni at the end of
today's safari. But first it was game drive time! Soon after we left the gates
we saw an elephant herd crossing the road.
We did
encounter a large herd of sable today which is always a great find and had some
awesome close encounters with elephants. But we had the most fun watching
animals interact at a dam. This time a baby hippo came out of the water to
greet some buffalos that were lounging there on the waters edge. He came out
all happy and bouncing as if to say "I am a hippo, what are you?"
Unfortunately for this young one the buffalo was in no mood to play. The grumpy
old man gave him one angry look and then completely ignored the baby hippo. The
mum decided that was enough and called her baby who then bounced back into the
water. But not for long as soon after he crept out slowly again and got closer
and closer to the buffalo. He was almost so close he could touch the buffalo,
when mum got angry and got up to get her baby back. He then ran back to her as
if caught in the act of doing something naughty!
In the
afternoon we set off to visit Shitlhave Dam where we sat for hours and watch
the world go by. The world included lots of elephants, plenty of waterbucks, a
fish eagle, buffalos, blacksmith lapwings, impalas, a grey heron, Egyptian
geese, a crocodile out of the water and a hippo in the water.
Other interesting
sightings: ground hornbills, kudus, impalas, waterbucks, wildebeests, African
fish eagle, white-breasted cormorants, green-backed heron, many giraffes and
zebras.
1 May 2015
Unfortunately
today was already our last safari day, but. We went out with a bang.
As today we
came across another leopard! First it was standing high in a tree doing a
balancing act looking left and right. Then it was turning around on this very
small branch of the tree and looking around on the other side. Apparently she
didn't find what she was looking for as she then climbed down the tree.
We lost visual of her in the long grass. But we were hoping she might come out
so we kept an eye on the road in front and waited with baited breath. And we
were in luck as she did indeed come out of the grass and crossed the road in
front of us, giving my guests some wonderful photo opportunities.
Secondly we
came across lots of elephants this morning, wondering around, munching trees,
crossing the road in front of us, having a drink at the dam and one very
boisterous one was picking a fight with some waterbucks. All in all good fun to
watch!
Other interesting
sightings: three families of klipspringers (our new animal of today), white
rhinos, impalas (even on day five we were still taking pictures), kudus with
some real handsome fellas in the group, zebras, wooly necked storks, an African
fish eagle being mobbed, buffalos, common grey duiker, a hippo and a warthog.
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