12th March – Picking the Right Road

Photo of the Day

Kuhanya and her warthog (photo by Johannes)

Morning Drive

(Marka and Johannes)

4 x lions (Jacaranda Pride – 3x lionesses, 1x male) – Motswari, Xinatsi Dam Rd North

1 x leopard (Kuhanya with warthog kill) – Motswari, Xinatsi Dam Rd North

1 x elephant bull – Motswari, Xinatsi Dam Rd North

1 x breeding herd of buffalo – Peru, Sohebele Dam

Afternoon Drive

(Marka and Johannes)

4 x lions (Jacaranda Pride – 3x lionesses, 1x male) – De Luca, Western Cutline/Motswari Reception Link

1 x rhino (Ngandaganda male)

1 x breeding herd of buffalo (500-plus!) – Scholtz, Scholtz Big Dam

1 x breeding herd of buffalo (70) – Argyle, Argyle Dam

2 x elephant bulls – Argyle, Argyle Dam

Daily Synopsis

It’s amazing how sometimes picking the right road can lead to you finding all of the animals!  The morning started off with audio for lions close to camp, and it didn’t take long for Johannes and Marka to find them; four of the Jacaranda Pride (3 lionesses and one of the males), but sadly they were without their cubs.  On his way back to camp later in the morning, Johannes found them again resting in some mopane just east of camp. 

Jacaranda Pride with Marka and his guests

On the same road, Xinatsi Dam North, Kuhanya was found finishing off her warthog kill in the morning, and there were also some elephant bull on that road between camp and Xinatsi Dam!  A bit further away, a small breeding herd of buffalo were found drinking at Sohebele Dam.

Kuhanya and her warthog kill with some hyenas too (taken 11th March)

In the afternoon, the lions were still in the same spot, but Kuhanya had moved off.  Marka had a good day in the east, seeing the reasonably relaxed, but impressively massive Ngandaganda male white rhino.  He also saw an equally impressive sized breeding herd of buffalo drinking at Scholtz Big Dam; he told me there were at least 500 buffalo, and possibly even as many as 700 in the herd!  Johannes in the mean time had a smaller herd at Argyle Dam.

Buffalo at Argyle Dam

Marka anda  white rhino (taken 11th March)

Sadly, there were no leopards joining the guests for dinner!  It was still another enjoyable day at Motswari.