It was a weekend of great sightings despite the very hot and windy weather experienced. On Saturday we encountered a pride of 8 lions near Le Dube in the Northern part of the Park and then, about 5 km later a herd of about 100 elephants crossed the road in front of...
We headed straight for marker 27 ( the White Umfolozi river ) early this morning and were rewarded with a good view of 2 lions sitting in the river bed with a herd of elephants nearby. This proved to be the only lion sighting of the day as the temperature soared to...
It seems as though each day is hotter than the previous one and that the rain will never come !! It’s just as well that we enter the Park at 05h00 when the gate opens because from around 10h00 onwards the poor animals are already looking for shade. Despite this,...
The Park has been producing some spectacular sightings recently and today was no exception ! There were sightings of lions, wild dogs, black rhinos and plenty of elephants and buffalos as well. This diary is closing down for a few weeks but we’ll be back and...
Today was like a football game when all the goals are scored in the first half and none in the second !! During the morning we had a fabulous cheetah sighting and also the spectacle of 4 hyenas fighting with around 40 vultures over a carcass. Both sightings occurred...
What would we have done without the “bridge” lion pride that have been so faithful to us over the last couple of weeks !! These cats were in the river at the main Umfolozi bridge early this morning and again , albeit on the other side of the bridge, when we crossed it...
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