26 September 2015
After
collecting my guests from the airport we entered through the Phalaborwa Gate
and headed North to Mopani rest camp for 2 nights. Very Happy as the Mopani
bushveld and camp are one of my personal favorites and always remember my first
days of guiding in this area.
On route we
viewed many different sightings of Buffalo and Elephants. As it was in the heat
of the day, many of these sightings were at waterholes where the animals were
drinking or cooling themselves down by spraying water over their bodies or just
politely lying in the water.
General game was
also out and a number of different sighting of Impala, kudu, warthog, zebra and
giraffe.
Great start to a
safari.
27 September 2015
Brilliant
morning drive as we spotted more Impala, kudu, warthog and then came the highlights
in the form of 22 Tsessebe's, 6 Eland, 5 zebra, 8 blue wildebeest and 3 warthog
all around the same water hole. This was incredible as the Eland was very close
to us in comparison to last year when Hugh and Cathy initially saw them. Since
then Hugh has wanted a better photo of them and this could be achieved this
morning.
We spent some
time with them and absolutely enjoyed every moment all to ourselves as though
we were the only people on the planet.
Further on
down the road we spotted 2 Roan antelope walking parallel with the road. This
was amazing for me personally as I haven't spotted these in a very very long
time. I am incredibly greatfull to have seen 2 of these fantastic animals
within 30m of the car and will have to go down as 1 of my highlights for this
Year.
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