Yesterday’s morning game drive was very busy, to say the least!

Uyani and Jay-Dee found the lions, east of the “Big Dam”, in the Maruti wilderness area of the reserve. They were busy hunting, but not successfully. Hungry day ahead of them.

The cheetahs, however, had been much more successful! They had made a kill near the Zandspruit riverbed, and they were napping away while digesting the big meal. The photos Uyai has taken are some of the best cheetah photos I have ever seen! Well done! You can see how full their bellies are. Cheetahs can be very greedy indeed, and they better be. Sometimes they go days without food.

I have said it before, and the regular cheetah sightings on our reserve confirm it: if you want to stand a good chance to witness some of the best close-up sightings of cheetahs in the wild, then there is no better place than here. It takes a bit of luck, but we find them very regularly now, and it is a privilege every single time. In my opinion, with the leopard, they are the prettiest cats in the world. Judge for yourselves!

Uyai and Jay-Dee also managed to find baboons playing in the riverbed. It is always funny to observe their very human-like behavior.

A leopard tortoise was also seen. When they are out, it means that rain will come soon. I always thought this was a myth, but I checked it myseld: it is true! They quasi never miss forecasting the rain accurately. When we see them around, we start taking all sun umbrellas in, because it’s coming in. You can count on that!