It’s been raining – A LOT – Feels like a European winter. 😉 The sun is coming back out now again, though. The major depression that passed over us brought a lot of rain, and that is actually great.

The Blyde River Dam is at 110% and all the slues gates are open. Water EVERYWHERE! After last year’s drought, this is amazing news!! What a relief.

However, game drives are much more challenging in such circumstances, and it is harder to take photos.

We tracked and found the young male lions on Leopard’s Bend twice – they are wet and miserable. But what beautiful sightings.

We also saw the cheetahs in the riverbed, the riverbeds on Moditlo are still dry – but the guys say on Bloubank there is water. It has been softly raining for three days straight, so we expect the water to start coming down the Mbezi any day now.

Reserve management is busy assessing the roads to make sure it is safe to go out there. But it is looking good!

February is just a continuation of an amazing January, and our guests are blessed with a vast range of daily sightings. But just see below some of our best shots!

For example, an amazing elephant sighting – took us about a week as they have been in Madrid. But along with MRL we tracked and found them on Marula Loop in Wilderness. Aggy took some great photos of a young one (too big to
suckle) but went on his knees and tried anyway …hahaha … that’s positively amusing!

We also saw Giraffe, Impala and Wildebeest.

We also tracked and found the Lions at Ratelpan – the “teen” group were all together and taking a nap. Now that’s iconically beautiful! No comments needed …

Also great shots of a Ground hornbill and Yellow billed hornbill. The Ground Hornbill is a very rare bird, so it is a real privilege to see this animal. They are on the brink in many areas, so to see them breed successfully here – that’s what gives me personally the biggest smile. This is exciting.