Today it was my turn to use the telemetry and navigate us to the lions. Anyone who knows me knows navigation is not my best skill and after failing to see lions on last nights drive the pressure was on...... However I needn't have worried - I waved the antenna, twiddled k*** & listened to the beeps and after only an hour of searching we came across not one, not two, not three but four lions!!! There was grandma lion (Selati), great aunt lion (mica), daddy l...

So this morning I was up at 5.30 for the 6am drive. The day started off with a sighting of giraffe & a signal from one of the leopards but after seeing daddy lion last night we decided to look for mummy lion instead. She was obviously hunting as she was moving around a lot - and we saw some scared looking impala & wilderbeast! We eventually caught up with her as she napped under a tree (exhausted no doubt after giving us the runaround). Unfortunately she...

This morning us newbees were up early on the promise of a morning drive but the animals had gone into hiding & weren't giving off radio signals so it wasn't to be. We had a tour of the house & signed our lives away re risk assessment indemnity (after reading was too scared to get out of bed & too scared to stay in it as well!). We had a brief tour of the grounds but were told basically don't go outside (other than onto the terrace) as the lions do co...

The morning started with breakfast at my lodge hotel & a couple of hours by the pool. The hotel was set in 2&half hours of land & rooms are in little cottage type buildings. At 1 Sabrina from LEO came to pick me up & remove me from civilisation! There 2 others in the car, one girl just leaving & one other had just arrived. While waiting for 2 more we went for lunch & the supermarket to pick up supplies [wine - which is about £3 a bottl...

For those of you who have heard about my bus v plane dilemmas let me start by telling you the 8 hour bus ride north to phalabowra was fine. I wasnt attacked & sold at the bus station and the bus itself was comfy with air con & reclining seats, complementary snacks, DVDs oh and born again Christian music (one song actually started 'I was out drink driving one night') The journey took me through Pretoria & Polokwane as well as through scrubland, forest...