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| Ximpoko male enjoying a morning lie in! |
Morning Drive
(Herold, Grant, Chad & Andrea)
Elephant (3 Kambaku) / Motswari – Wedge River
Road
Elephant (1 Kambaku) / Wisani Crossing
Buffalo (1 Daghaboy) / Motswari – Wedge River
Road
Buffalo (2 Daghaboys) / Java – Java trough
Lion (1 female) / Kings – Cole’s Drive
Lion (2 Ximpoko males) / Kings – Mamba Drive
Afternoon Drive
(Grant, Chad & Andrea)
Rhino (crash of 4)
Buffalo (Daghaboy) / Vielmetter – Lower River
Road
Lion (2 Ximpoko males) / Kings – Mamba Drive
Elephant (Breeding Herd) / Karans – Old
Closed Road
Elephant (Breeding Herd) / Karans – Karan’s
Pan
We arose to a very very windy day! It was a
little overcast with some light showers, so ponchos were donned and set out into
the morning. I headed south in high hopes that the lion the other guys had seen
the night before were still around. While Grant headed down the tar road, Chad
checked north of camp where he found a few bull elephant and a buffalo bull. As
I slowly made my way south, we bumped into 2 bull buffalo drinking at Java
trough.
The Kings guys found the two Ximpoko males and
after having not seen the lion last night, I headed south. As we were
approaching the sighting, a female popped out onto the riverbed below – what
timing!
With new guests arriving in the afternoon and
one current guest requesting elephant – we set out with that in mind. It wasn’t
long before Rudi form Karans let us know about a breeding herd of elephant near
his camp that should pop out onto Western Cutline. I cut deeper onto Karans
while others followed up on the elephant. TO my luck, we found our own herd of
ellies who in all fairness, did seem to be following the other herd, which by
this point, Chad was in lock with.
After a fantastic view things quieted down a
little until I happened to be in the right place at the right time to pull into
a rhino sighting. It was the same four I had the other day – always special to
watch. We then headed down to Kings to see these two male lions. They were properly flat cat under a grewia tree!
After a very late drinks stop, we hurried
home – only just scraping in enough time
to get back up north and in time for dinner!
See you all tomorrow,
A
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