22 June 2015
Today was the
start of a new tour and the guests went straight out on their sunset drive.
Although the drive was quiet at times they did manage to find elephants,
buffalo, scrub bare, hippos, zebras and Impala. They also enjoyed the
magnificent sunset.
23 June 2015
This morning
we hit the road running with our first highlight just a couple of kilometers
through the gate.
We found a
small family herd of elephants close to the road and a pack of wild dog running
down the road towards us. We stopped to watch the elephants keeping a close
eye on the dogs. After a while we moved away from the
elephants to have a closer look at the dogs and spent a bit of time with them.
The dogs then
decided to run towards the elephants, not a good idea as one of the elephants
went berserk. Loud trumpeting and a shaking of the head didn't convince the
dogs so the elephants ran after them for fifty meters. Protecting the youngest
elephant the other three surrounded it and stood in the middle of the road
watching as the dogs moved away to a safer distance.
Our second
highlight again involved a family of elephants, about fifteen. We found them
just on the side of the road but instead of crossing over as I expected they
decided to walk down the middle of the road.
Big on the
outside and small on my he inside we followed this solid block of elephants for
over two kilometers.
Over animals
of interest seen included hyena, giraffes, warthog,kudu, zebra, baboons, vervet
monkey, hippo, Impala, klipspringer, common duiker, bushbuck, nyala, white rhino,
Cape buffalo, slender mongoose, crocodiles and five separate sightings of lion
( including male, females and Cubs)
Birds include a
juvenile battler, black stork, burchells coucal, African jacana, fish eagle,
grey heron, southern ground hornbill, arrow marked babblers and more.
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