Gerdine just sent through some of Mike’s best photos taken last week while out on safari with our guests. Some of these shots are really spectacular, and some of them really moved me. Overall I am stunned (and very happy) by the quality and frequency of Big5 sightings, as well as sightings of lesser known species, some of which are extremely rare.

Here some amazing shots, close-up of our beautiful male lion. He’s not to be messed with, he’s now grown to a handsome, and extraordinarily large male. Judge for yourselves!

Mike and his guests also witnessed a very sweet moment with an elephant herd. Lots of padding and touching between the mothers and their little ones. The baby elephants were having a lot of fun, and looked very happy. Elephant mothers are fiercely protective of, and caring towards their little ones, and who can hold it against them? These baby elephants are irresistibly cute!

I also liked Mike’s shot of two giraffes grazing. Everyone is obsessed about Big5, but seeing the huge and elegant giraffes is usually more memorable than most of the Big5 animals. Seeing giraffes grazing away is probably one of the most special things to observe on an African safari, that’s guaranteed. It is difficult to imagine the sheer size of these animals, until one actually sees them right in front of oneself. Very, very impressive indeed! You can see how dry the bush now is, but with some early rains now having occurred now, the bush has started greening up already, so the hungry times are coming to an end for all herbivores now.