We had a mixed bag today : two good hyena sightings and a breeding elephant herd but no cats and poor general game !! The first hyena was trotting down the road near Masinda Lodge and the second one was trying to fight off a mass of vultures at the giraffe carcass...
A very quiet day in the Park today despite the cool and overcast weather. The lions that have been guarding the giraffe carcass near marker 17 in the south seem to have abandoned their prize and the hyenas and vultures are closing in for their share of the spoils....
Today dawned overcast and cool, just as it was yesterday. A large part of the Park had good rain overnight and it rained quite heavily in parts while we were on tour today. After the heat and dry weather over the last few months I will never complain again about rain...
For a wonderful change we had cool, overcast and damp weather conditions in the Park after some overnight rain and you could almost see the animals smiling after the dry and windy weather of late. We were spoilt rotten by cats and dogs today ! First we ran into a pack...
A good start again today with a pride of 8 lions chilling out in the river bed at Umganu picnic site in the south. We had breakfast there in the hope that they may start hunting but it was soon clear that they were not going anywhere soon ! Just before that we got a...
Our lucky streak with lions continued early today when we came across a pride of 7 near Mphafa Hide in the south. There were two big males in the pride and they were snapping and snarling at each other in an apparent display of dominance. Eventually they seemed to...
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