30 July 2015
Today's
highlights:
Early morning
we headed North of skukuza and found a herd of buffalo that had just crossed
the road. While watching this we looked down the road to find a massive male lion
come walking up towards us. His focus changed as he got closer and all of a sudden
the hunt was on. He used our car to shield him from the buff as he closed the
gap between hunter and hunted. As he broke clearance the herd started to run
and 5 other massive male lions helped run after them. We not sure if they were
successful as they ran out of sight, but one thing for sure is its impressive
to see such a massive cat hunting.
Our second
highlight was on our return to skukuza we found a beautiful leopard lying idle
on a rock on the sabi river. Great photos and fantastic time with this
beautiful creature.
General
sightings included: Impala, waterbuck, steenbok, common duiker, giraffe,
elephant, warthog, sable, kudu, crocodile, hippos, buff and rhino.
31 July 2015
Our highlight
for the day was when Curtis gave us a call and informed us of 3 cheetah lying
on a termite mound and we responded and found them. This was great as we had
time to sit and enjoy with nothing rushing us.
Our following
highlight was a herd of elephant that headed down to a drinking hole and great
photos could be taken of them walking in a long line with the "typical
African backdrop". Wow could be a nice poster on the wall.
General
animals: Impala, kudu, zebra, warthog, waterbuck, giraffe, common duiker,
steenbok, baboons, vervet monkeys, mongoose and many bird species.
That's all for
now and let's hope the guests get to see lots on their sunset drive
1 August 2015
Today a
highlight had to be early morning, we were called to a leopard sighting where
Mom and cub had just caught an impala and dragged it up the tree. This was great
to see and guests got good photos of the young cub as it walked to investigate
what mom was doing. After spending some time with them we decided to move on
and allow others to also see this beautiful animal.
Our second
highlight was on the way back to camp in the late afternoon, we came across a
pack of Dogs (8) on the hunt. This was incredible to see as all were focused on
the herd of Impala they were after. We lost sight of them as they continued
running after them and then it was time to head to camp.
2 August 2015
On our return
with new guests we found elephant, buffalo and rhino in the road. The highlight
must of been the wild dogs that popped out in front of our car and to started
heading down the road. 2 different packs of dogs on 2 consecutive days.
General
animals:
Impala, warthog,
giraffe, waterbuck, kudu, steenbok, common duiker, zebra
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