Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year !
We had an awesome Christmas Day with the Warnock Family, which was ended off with a lovely Christmas Dinner with Gammon, Roast Lamb and all the other goodies that come with it.
The last week has been great with regular safari sightings of the Elephants, Lions and Rhinos.
Early Sunday morning I woke to find the Lions had killed a female giraffe just outside our staff residence. The lions were no where to be seen but they were definately still in the area close by. Hundreds of vultures were starting to gather in the trees around the carcass. None were coming down to feed however, as the lions were still somewhere close. There were tracks of the lions all over around the carcass. After checking up on the carcass a number of times during the day myself and the Warnock Family, who were on a Christmas safari holiday with us, eventually gained visual of the lions late that afternoon, spread full bellied in a dark thicket very close to the slain giraffe. After a long struggle to get a decent look at them, we decided it would be better to go in search of other wildlife and return after dark to see if the lions had come out for their Boxing Day dinner.
After a cold beer and a leg stretch we returned to the spot where the lions were to find four of them sprawled out in the middle of the road and one of the females feeding on the giraffe. Fantastic and Finally!!! a glimpse of them.
The sighting turned out to be great and we were able to get some great pics and video of them feeding and lazing about with enormous bellies. Forty-five minutes later we decided the smell of the rotting carcass and the multitudes of bugs been attracted to the spot light was enough and we headed back to the lodge for a nice dinner after this amazing safari game drive.
Regards,
Quinton and the Vuyani Safari Lodge team.