Very regular good sightings

When we started off, almost a decade ago, we were the only lodge on the reserve, with only one game driver. As a result, tracking and finding game was a tough game. It took time, very hard work, and quite a bit of luck. We got there, but there were “quiet” days.

No more!

There are now 2 lodges, with a total of 6 game drivers (which is still extremely low density for a 36,000 acre private game reserve), and as all guides share sightings and intell, we now have quasi guaranteed daily sightings, whether it be one of the “Big5” (I hate that term), or one of the many hundreds of other spectacular animals.

Just a quick example of some of what we saw over two days, between the 7th and 9th of July. Great stuff indeed! This is not all we saw, very far from it, but just the best shots our tracker took. The reality is that you see an animal on average every 5-10 minutes. It’s that spectacular here.

Giraffes

Up-close leopard sighting in the evening

Elephant encounter!

And a well-known, and quirky, yellow bill hornbill

Amazing news!

Sometimes, despite “suspicions”, even we get surprised. But see for yourselves, a surprise sighting a few days ago:

 

Bam! 3 little lion cubs, 2-3 months old! That is what the lioness has been hiding all this time.

Lionesses hide their little ones for the first 3 months or so, as they are in big danger of being preyed upon by predators who see lions as big competitors, and also future predators (for just cause!).

So this is the big news: we have 3 new cubs on our reserve. Very, very exciting!