Saw two white rhino first up. Impala may be common but they are so graceful. They can jump 3 metres high & 10 metres wide. Found a male lion & female walking along the river bed. They mated once but I'm sure he was after more. We had to leave when land owners arrived for their viewing( that's how the arrangement works). Today we learnt about animal tracks, the suicide bird-he who dares swoop closest to the ground with wings closed gets the female but ma...

Sunday, a rest day at last although it didn't feel much like that as Elizabeth & I were on lunch duty, washing up & evening meal duty. We avoided the afternoon meal prep by doing a voluntary afternoon drive which was largely uneventful ( just the usual impala, giraffes etc) however it was added to by the growl of a leopard that gave it away & enabled us to see it slink off into the bush. Birthday celebrations for Liz tonight which led to singing &...

Rhino drive with Simon, & the Geordies An exceptional rhino experience. Simon had us cutting down & dragging fallen trees off tracks, building track bolsters & collecting data on everything. It was a long 10 hour day but a lot of fun being outstared by curious giraffes as we had Phusa, learning about mopani trees, lead wood trees, k*** trees & amarula trees. k*** trees are rather unfriendly to animals as they release tannin so the animals can't...

Awoke at 3am with a swoosh on my ipad. Lovely sound as I know its connection with Rrrr. Back to sleep only to get up at 5am as I'm on phusa. Morning drive with Sabrina. See giraffe, waterbuck & impala on the way to find lions-Mbhurri (male), Matumi (collar), Mica & Selati(in bushes behind). We push through the bush & get about 10 metres from the lions. The big male is walking back & forth to his lady friend who is hiding behind the bushes & i...

Morning drive with Sabrina. We see giraffe, baboon, impala, wildebeest, kudu. The property owners have huts built into one of the koppies. We find the 2 female lions, Acacia & Mufuti under a tree. Mufuti at front, Acacia at back with a collar. Afternoon drive is with Sam. I'm on telemetry. Its an arm aching exercise. Its fun to track & get close using the telemeter. Got to 6 but no visual. Phusa at dam. See african wild cat, hyena & the usual ...