There was quite a bit of rain in the Park last night but the Earth is so dry that the water was absorbed so quickly that there was no moisture to be seen. It’s a strange landscape out there at the moment with so much scorched earth and smouldering trees yet mist in...
Highlight of today was a great cheetah sighting in Nyalazi quarry near Masinda camp. It was a perfect male specimen and he was strutting his stuff for us big time !! Eventually he crossed right in front of our vehicle on his way into the bush. Earlier we had another...
Sometimes we get the feeling that the animals in the Park know that it’s weekend time and the traffic volume will be high, so they decide to go away for the weekend themselves !! Today was a bit like that although there were quite a few elephants around in the south...
Hyenas are always good to see and this morning we got three of these amazing carnivores before we had even got to the main Umfolozi Bridge. A little later near view point 17 there were 2 lions and 1 lioness chilling out looking over the river. We heard later that they...
The bush is sometimes a very frustrating place to be ! Today we had lunch at Umganu picnic site and heard a leopard barking / coughing repeatedly for an hour and a half from across the Umfolozi river. Try as we may we could not spot him but there was no doubt he was...
Another warm and dry day in the Park today. When it rains we all want it to stop and when it’s bone dry as it is at the moment we all cry out for rain, funny lot us humans !! Anyway, plenty of elephants around the south of the Park today, in complete contrast to a few...
Lucky for us the lions were out in force today : First there was a lion and lioness sitting proudly on a flat rock at view point 17 in the south, and later another couple that have been gracing us with their presence in recent days made another appearance not far away...
A little windy out there today and a chill in the air as well. The burning season is upon us and, although it makes life a little difficult on tour, controlled burns are a vital component of conservation management and we just have to grin and bear it. We struggled a...
Another great day today from a weather point of view, in fact it was a great day all round. We had two separate lion sightings, the first was a pride of 10 lions in the river bed at the main Umfolozi bridge, and the second sighting was of a lion & lioness...
As has been the case over the last couple of days we struggled again in the Park today. Although we did have success early on with a lioness trying to bring down a zebra near Masinda Camp there was very little else to see during the course of the morning. Towards...
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