This year’s dry season had turned into a proper drought … and it was close to making international news. But now first rains have arrived, and we can see fresh shoots everywhere. Well, it was time! Many animals were suffering badly, and quite a few dying of starvation. Grazers go first, such as warthogs and zebras for example, and then it gets worse. Through an emergency feeding program, the worst was avoided, and our rare animals have made it through. We are all all delighted … and proud!
So as the rainy season begins, sightings are absolutely fantastic. The last 2 days were just great.
We started off with a Cheetah Sighting on the Khaya cutline, they were taking a nap. We tracked and found the lions in conjunction with MRL guides on Cotton fields – the two young males are bonding nicely and are sprouting quite the mullet … ;-). They were not doing too much just napping and then “annoying” each other like siblings do. We managed some cool photos.
We tracked and found the elephants north of Jackal plains – they were all drinking and bathing at a waterhole. There is some cool video footage that was taken. It’s always fascinating to observe the surprisingly sophisticated social interaxtion between elephants. They are so kind to each other.
We also saw Brown Hooded Kingfisher, Hadeda Ibis, Crocodile, Nyala, Baboon and some awesome kudus!
We had a brief sighting of Rhinos also – they were on the move.
Great couple of days for our guests, we are spoiling them! 😉
