… but nature’s reality. It’s not for the faint-hearted though.

A couple of days ago, we tracked and found the lions again in the morning with the help of the Leadwood guides. The female and her cubs had taken down a baby zebra. They were already munching away when we got there. Poor little one. Very short life. Sad.

Otherwise, we have had many great sightings. We actually bumped into the elephants on our way in for game drive in the morning and decided to follow up. We found them again on the Main Gate entrance track. We got some great photos.

A very pretty giraffe sighting also …they were “necking” (which is fighting, really). It was an amazing sighting for our guests. Just see the photos taken! That’s what giraffe men do when they fight over a woman. It’s really always about women actually … 😉

Last but lot least … an amazing eagle sighting: a Wahlbergs Eagle. Many great shots. These eagles are larger than they seem to be on photos. This always produces a lot of “aaaws” and “oooohs”. See the photo: stunning! 🙂

Finally … it has been such a dry season so far … We have had over 90 mm of rain in the past three days. Internet connection has been shady to say the least as a result of the storms. But it is a price worth paying. The rain has been more than welcome. And we could definitely do with more. We need another 100mm before the dry season sets in and that’s the barest minimum.

Parts of the Kruger Park have seen some serious flooding – roads and camps have flooded and been closed.

But sigthings on our reserve over the last days have been amazing at the same time!

On our drives we saw elephants at 5 star junction – we tracked them along with the MRL guides and we had a
great sighting. This was before the rains came and one can see the dry conditions and sand. Now there is
water pretty much everywhere.

We tracked and found the lions at Big Dam in the afternoon. They were taking in the sights and spent some time watching an Impala across the dam.

The next morning we tracked and found them near the Essem open area. They had taken down an Impala, ironically and the lioness was happily munching away.

We also tracked and found a Rhino – see how close you get to see these giants here! You really can’t beat that.

I received hundreds of photos, I tried my best to select the best. I love the one with the lioness overlooking the lake – her home! Just beautiful, such an African iconic moment.

Moditlo Nature Reserve has a serious tendency to out-do any expectation every time guests go out on another safari. And March started off the way February ended. In amazing fashion.

These past three days have been absolutely outstanding. Finding the gorgeous lion pride, giraffe, elephant, rhino, cheetah, zebra and last but not least, wild dogs! It should be kept in mind that there are only two lodges on the reserve, so finding these animals takes skill since there aren’t as many vehicles moving around compared to other reserves. Of course this means that the experience here is much more authentic, even old school, and the actual wildlife encounters are the way they should be: unstressed, and you will get proper time with these animals. No 5-minute policies here!

Our recently introduced pack of wild dogs have been tracked since their arrival. As you know, wild dogs are unfortunately endangered, one of the main reasons being human encroachment. So it’s fantastic news that this reserve has been “handed back” to them. Sometimes it goes the other way.

Wild dogs have quite an off-putting hunting method, although it may be very misunderstood. Putting aside their means of hunting, these animals are extremely social amongst themselves, and have a very unique way of raising their little ones.

There are breeding pairs within each pack, and each dog in that pack takes part in raising and teaching their young. Every single dog in a pack is unique, no two dogs have the same markings. Just like no two people have the same finger print. It’s fantastic news to see them roam our reserve again!