I often get the question … how close can we get to the animals? I always think to myself: close enough to get your heart pumping and making you all going very quiet … because of the adrenaline rush!
It is one thing to know that an elephant can weigh in excess of 10 tons, standing up to 4m tall … but it is quite another to be facing off one of these monsters. Photos don’t really do justice … but they give you a vague idea. And that is one of the things that makes safaris so exciting! It is a bit of a challenge with your senses. These animals are VERY unusual, and very, VERY big.
So here an elephant encounter last week. Close enough? 😉
We have had some amazing sightings the last couple of days!
Lions were tracked and found on the Bloubergbos cutline. The youngsters had taken down a Kudu and we only saw them chomping on the last bits of the carcass.
The Cheetahs were spotted on Kudu Road and on the move.
We had a spectacular sighting of the elephants at Badger Pan, taking a drink and the full moon. It really was a great sighting (sadly full moon is not good news for APU units ☹ ) Here the video of it all!
The wild dogs were tracked and found by both MRL and Vuyani guides. They had taken down a Grey Duiker at Kudu Pan – they devoured this duiker in seconds, and I don’t think everyone got a taste, it was more like a snack than an appetizer.
We tracked and found the Lions again they were snoozing near Leopards Bend cutline, the Big male and young males came together and tolerated each other for a bit. However, you can see many scars on all of them. So the fighting for dominance has started for sure.
We had a VERY cool sighting at the APU camp – the Cheetah had taken down a Bushbuck right in the middle of camp! As in RIGHT THERE! Hahaha. The APU unit called the sighting in. Thereafter they lay right next to the office to have a little snooze. Truly spectacular sightings for our guests, and they were understandably beyond excited. This is simply amazing.
