Yesterday was yet again a big day out on safari on our reserve! Two of the Big5 (though I personally really don’t like the hunter concept of the”Big5″) were spotted, namely the buffalos and also our herd of elephants. Our ranger took some beautiful shots of them, but then also a large crocodile was spotted, as well as the super rare Southern Ground hornbill. To see all of these animals on one single safari game drive is quite something!

The crocodile has chosen this “island” located right in the middle of one of our reserve lakes as his favourite spot, and he can be seen very frequently basking in the sun for hours on end. To take a photo of a massive croc, with the dramatic Drakensberg mountain range in the background, must be one of the most classic South Africa nature photos one can take on our reserve (hint alert!).

I also got through some spectacular photos of a leopard sighting 3 days ago, and I promise I will publish them on this blog either later today, or tomorrow. That was one hell of an evening game drive sighting, and our guests as well as ranger were excited to observe this large cat on a night hunt. Truly breathtaking stuff indeed!

I have had to become quite selective in terms of what safari sightings I report on on this blog, as the photos come in thick and fast, and it has become quite difficult to pick the best, it is just so many of them.

I’ll keep you all up to date, that’s for sure!