Very eventful Safaris yesterday indeed! We started the afternoon with some Kudu and spent some time with a Dung Beetle. Eventually we were tracking cheetah tracks.
Uyai picked up fresh Cheetah tracks and we investigated. The two brothers had caught a young Kudu and were feasting away just off Nyala Road. We spend around 45 minutes taking photos and watching them much away. Truly fascinating stuff!
We then drove around for a while and then suddenly we spotted VERY fresh Ellie tracks. We followed up on them and low and behold the whole herd was just north of False Thorn Plains. Wow! 😀
We spent quite a long time with them and took some (very close-up photos) photos, as you can see below.
The next morning was all about Rhinos and Uyai and Themba tracked down a little family of them, we spent around 20 minutes with the animals – they were incredibly relaxed and even took a short nap. That’s rare to see, and shows how well our conservation efforts are working. All rhino horns have been cut to render the animals worthless to poachers, so there is no reason for them to come here. It is sad that this is necessary, but it is extremely effective.
