Sometimes one sees elephants several days in a row, and then it is lions again. And sometimes, it is both!

Yesterday was one of those days. What a treat! Our guests saw the elephants and the young lionesses on the same game drive, in one morning. See below the photos. I think the small baby elephant is the cutest ever (you will spot him on the right of the herd).

The lionesses were in an area we call “Big dam”, which is a large lake on our reserve. We have over 30 lakes on our reserve, so there are names for each one of them, as it is so many. Lions of course love to stay close to waterholes as it attracts game, and makes for some successful hunting.

The elephants were still quite near the lodge, and they were feeding on all the fresh green that the spring rains have brought. It is amazing to see how much the reserve changes over the various seasons. It feels and looks like a completely different place.

Mike also sent in a nice shot of “wildebeest” in an area that we call the “Jackal Plains”, as there is almost always a jackal that can be seen there (and heard at night!). I watched last weekend the new film that just came out “The Wolf of Wall Street”, and in there Leonardo makes an allusion about “not being like a herd of wildebeest”. I couldn’t help but laugh. Wildebeest are indeed not the prettiest of all, and they are certainly not the sharpest tools in the box. They are so forgetful that they tend to return to the same place where they got ambushed by lions minutes earlier! Now that’s daft, but that’s what they are known to do. Staple food for the lions, I suppose. That said, it is beautiful to watch them move in herds, often mixed with zebras (they use them as easy brain power), and they are key to the eco-system. But then again, all animals are key to the eco-system, otherwise they would not be there.

Many thanks to Mike for the beautiful footage!