Jay-Dee has just sent in photos of some of the nicest sightings in the first days of the year. Well, if this year continues in this manner, then it will again be a fantastic year.

First off, a beautiful close shot of a rhino family. This is a rhino mother with her offspring, the little one is not little at all anymore, and in the not so distant future, he (or she) will have to move off, as a new baby rhino will follow soon. That is the cycle of nature, and at some point the nurturing has to stop, and the little ones have to make it on their own (overbearing parents, are you listening? 😉 )

Jay-Dee and his guest also saw the 2 young lionesses sleeping on one of the many tracks on the reserve. What a lucky sighting! We do see the lions 2-4 times/week though, so this is not rare anymore, but it is a joy, every time. It is hard to get any closer to the lions than this, so that’s the advantage of being on a private game reserve.

We are also seeing the elephant herd regularly now, and the first days of the year were no different! Here a beautiful shot, taken 2 days ago, of the herd crossing the dirt road on our reserve, right in front of our guests. Now that’s impressive!

Jay-Dee also managed a super exciting leopard sighting. We have many leopards on the reserve, but many of them tend to be skittish. This one, however, is not at all! She must have grown up with a mother that herself had learnt that game drivers are no danger, and so she passed that knowledge on to her. Well, this leopard has a name: Bella! We hope to see a lot more of her this year. Here the video link of the sighting:

And here an amazing close-up photo: