We have started May off in a super fashion – the sightings have been superb so far. Not that it surprises us, the quality of sightings is always second to none here, but it still doesn’t cease to amaze us.
We have seen giraffes in all shapes and sizes – one animal you can never get tired of photographing, in my opinion. It is also an all-time favourite with our guests.
We also tracked and found the Lions in the evening near Diep dam – they were quite hidden in the thicket but we managed a snap of one of the sub adults peeking through the branches. We didn’t sit with them long as the visual was quite poor.
We also saw Nyala, Vulture, Vervet Monkeys and some Wildebeest. Amazing shot, see below. It doesn’t get much more iconic African nature than that.
We tracked and found the Cheetah on Jackal Plains – they were on the move and we snapped a photo of the one brother crossing the plains. Very cool.
We spotted the wild dog pack near porcupine dam – they were taking a nap. We spent around 10 minutes or so in the sighting and then pressed on. Having said that, this is the second rarest carnivore in Africa, with only about 2000-3000 still out there in the wild, so to see them is as rare as it gets. Well, the only rarer animals is the Ethiopean coyote. That’s about it. Enough said, conservation here is taken extremely seriously.
On our way back to the lodge we picked up fresh elephant tracks and they crossed right in front of us a mere couple of seconds later. Lucky!! They were on Nyala road near the bridge crossing heading West. The whole herd together and the bull gave us a bit of a dominance show (as usual). See below. He’s the boss. We get it. 😉
