15th, 16th, 17th and 18th March – Good Game Viewing Continues

Photo of the Day

Our Mega-pack of wild dogs returns!

15^th March Morning Drive

(Herold and Godfrey)

3 x lions (Mabande male, Machaton female and Machaton young male with Giraffe kill) – Tanda Tula, Cecil Rd

1 x leopard (Rockfig Jnr’s boy at Giraffe kill) – Tanda Tula, Cecil Rd

1 x leopard (Xiviti young male) – Peru, Sohebele Dam

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Java, Western Cutline

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Mbali, White Syringa Link

3 x buffalo bulls – Mbali, White Syringa Shortcut

15^th March Afternoon Drive

(Herold)

2 x rhinos

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Scholtz, River Rd

16^th March Morning Drive

(Herold)

1 x leopard (Xiviti male) – Peru, Sohebele Dam

3 x lions (Ximpoko male, Machaton female and Machaton young male) – Kings, Raintree Plains

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Java, Western Cutline

16^th March Afternoon Drive

(Herold and Peter)

1 x lion (Kinky tail lioness) – Argyle, Argyle Dam

2 x rhinos

5 x buffalo bulls – Peru, Lion Pan

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Peru, Lion Pan

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Motswari, Bush Braai Rd

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Motswari, Xinatsi Dam

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Motswari, Airstrip

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Argyle, Lovers Leap

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Argyle, Piva Plains

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Peru, Pan Rd

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Peru, Tawny Eagle

1 x breeding herd of elephants –Peru, Sohebele Dam

17^th March Morning Drive

(Herold and Peter)

No Big 5

17^th March Afternoon Drive

(Herold and Peter)

1 x leopard

2 x rhinos

1 x breeding herd of elephants –

18^th March Morning Drive

(Herold and Peter)

30 x wild dogs (fighting hyenas over bushbuck kill) – Vielmetter, Back Nines West

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Peru, Western Cutline

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Motswari, Sean’s Clearing

1 x rhino

18^th March Afternoon Drive

(Herold, Johannes and Peter)

1 x leopard (Xiviti young male) – Peru, Rudi’s Rd

1 x rhino

3 x rhinos

1 x rhino

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Peru, Broken Dam

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Karans, Majavi Dam

1 x breeding herd of elephants – Karans, Old Closed Rd

Daily Synopsis

Well, there was a change of plan that meant that I didn’t come back onto drive on Monday, so that might explain why the guys have been seeing such good game!

The best news was the return of our mega-pack of 30 wild dogs!  Peter found them one morning fighting with hyenas over a bushbuck kill that the pack had made!  They hung around for a few days before going back south.

The leopards in the north were not bad, but the best viewing was that of all of the elephants that were abundant across the northern properties the last few days.  Buffalo and rhino viewing was okay, but once more, it was the lions that gave the guys a bit of a headache, but they managed to see some in the south at least.  It was during one of the sightings of the Ximpoko male with the Machaton lioness and young male that while watching the lions feeding, Herold and his guests sat in suspense as Nthombi’s boy walked up to the giraffe kill to try and eat some himself before realising the lions were still there!