It was a very strange day in the bush today… we had a cracking first hour during which we saw wild dogs, a cheetah and a small herd of elephants. After that it was extremely tough going and very unpleasant from a weather point of view, very hot with a gale force...
We had to work long and hard for our rewards today but, eventually, after a frustratingly quiet day we came across a pride of lions near Masinda camp. They were sitting majestically on the burnt ground towards the river and their body language clearly said : “ this is...
Another hot day early on today although it did cool down towards mid morning. Luckily the wind did not pick up to any great extent. At the main Umfolozi bridge around 09h30 this morning six lions made an appearance in the river bed about 200 m away from the road. They...
Hot, dry & windy were the weather key words today out there, the temperature reached 32 celcius at midday !! Despite the heat we had a great sighting of a big lion strolling down the road next to our vehicle near marker 26 in the south. A few minutes before that,...
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...
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