The first of October marks the start of summer in selati so morning drive now starts at 5.30 rather than 6 - ouch!! As we watched our first sunrise we were treated to a suicide bird showing off his mating display by diving headfirst until he is just inches from the ground - crazy creature!! While looking for lions we were then given a special mission - to fight off the vultures & retrieve the remains of yesterday's kill to bring back to base for use as leop...

So today was both amazing and terrifying and a reminder we really are in the wild here! We awoke to find the temperature had not risen during the night & it was still cold, wet & windy. After last nights cat excitement this morning we were focusing on finding elephants. Having not real seen them at selati I was quite excited! To warm us up our guide simon suggested we build another bolster. Despite the rain the ground was still hard so it was a bit of ...

Sunday is rest day at leo and after a lie in i updated the blog for last few days then went on a walk with koos the project director. We walked down to the gate hoping we wouldn't be eaten & then entered the area between selati & the main road. This is a safe area for people to walk & also for animals to breed - eg eland (large hooved animal) hve their babies before other species & if left to nature the lions/leopards/hyenas would probably eat th...

After 3 days away from the lions i was keen to get back on the trail - esp as acacia & the cub had been seen twice while I'd been busy elsewhere I was navigator again for today and after my success last wk at pointing us towards 4 lions i was hopeful it could be repeated! I was up & down with the telem every five mins (again this is feeling like work) however it seemed no matter how much I twiddled the k*** & waved the antenna we couldn't get a vis...

Fortunately we werent eaten by lions during the night so we were woken up around 5.30/6. I'd heard a few rustles in the bushes which was rather unnerving but managed to get some sleep. Pretty scary though! Today I was spending the day on a rhino drive rather than looking for lions Because of the threat of poaching the leo team keep close tabs on the rhions - and because poachers may read this I can't say too much about the day I can say that I was lucky enough...