The weather seems to have calmed down now, and after these truly unusually hefty rainfalls, the good times are on their way back it would seem. Conditions are also improving, but safaris are still an adventure, and our guests have actually really enjoyed safaris as genuine and authentic as they can only get. Pulling game drivers out of mud, several times on a single game drive, it is all hard work, but it is 100% the real African adventure. Sightings have also been decent, and as soon as we can enter more parts of the reserve, they will improve further of course.

Here some of the sightings yesterday:

One of the most beautiful sightings was this Great Eagle Owl, the third largest owl in the world (the species in general, not this particular one 😉 )

These belong to the Bubo family of owls, and traditionally all owls that have ear tufts were included, but that is not exclusively the case anymore. You can see the ear tufts on this one though. What a beautiful bird, and it was a close-up sighting. Very rare thing to see indeed! I have personally never seen one on the reserve, so this is excellent news.