3 February 2016
As we had some
of our guests checking out this morning, as well as getting some new arrivals,
we set out early on a short morning drive before breakfast.
We started off
on a high note, as barely 500 meters out of camp we noticed something in the
road in front of us - Wild dogs, 4 of them! They were trotting down the road,
but then settled down, 2 in the road and 2 just about 5 meters off the road.
One of the
dogs had a very fresh scar around the neck, where a snare had been
removed. An anti-poaching success story as these animals are critically endangered
in South Africa and every possible effort has to be made to save them!
After a small
loop we found the same four Dogs on a mission, trotting down the road, no doubt
on the trail of something to hunt and it was good to see the injured dog
leading the pack and looking in good shape, except for the fresh wound!
We then found
a large male Sable Antelope, but he was quite skittish and didn't hang around
for long.
Not long after
we found a breeding herd of Elephant with a few very young calves as well as a
bull in full musth following the herd very closely, a few meters from the
elephant was 4 Giraffe, including a 5 month old calf, very inquisitive,
standing in the road having a very good look at us.
The next
highlight came when passing one of the large granite outcrops in the area, when
we spotted a large male Lion on top of the hill, outlined against the clear
blue sky. On closer inspection there turned out to be 2 Males, the other just
slightly younger. They were surveying the world below them very closely and
seemed quite comfortable and very regal where they lay, keeping an eye on
proceedings.
Below the hill
was another Elephant and 3 Buffalo bulls, making it 3 of the Big 5 at one
sighting, certainly not an everyday occurrence!
This brought the
end to a short and very sweet Game drive as it was then time for
Breakfast and
check out before moving on to a new camp for the next 3 days.
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