African Wild dog by Ryan Johnston
Sunday
It is quite apparent that winter on its way, and a lot of mornings started off very misty this week. This morning was clear, but chilly. It didn’t take us long to come across a large herd of about 300 buffalo resting on one of the crests. It’s a little warmer on the higher ground, and the herd was [...]
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Styx lion cub by Ryan Johnston
Sunday
This morning turned into a busy morning quickly, as animals appeared all over the place! The great news was that all the sightings were in close proximity to the lodge. First we found the female leopard, Ntima, walking around our airstrip and scent marking her territory. As we left her a radio [...]
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Lion was seen on 22 days
Leopard was seen on 27 days
Elephant was seen on 24 days
Rhino was seen on 19 days
Buffalo was seen on 19 days
Wild dogs were seen on 6 days
Cheetah was seen on 3 days
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Karula by Ryan Johnston
Sunday
This morning the mist was lying thick in the bush. We set off to follow up on the two Kahuma females and the two cubs that were on a buffalo kill, as we had heard lions roaring earlier this morning. We were hoping to see the Majingilane males, but when we arrived it was still only the two Kahuma females and the two [...]
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Two elephant bulls swimming by Ryan Johnston
Sunday
This morning we spent a lot of our time tracking, and it was only later in the morning that we finally managed to pick up one of our female leopards, Salayexe. She was walking along marking territory when she came across a grey duiker. The small antelope had no idea [...]
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Female leopard Salayexe by Ryan Johnston
Sunday
This morning we saw the three Styx females and their five cubs walking around quite close to our lodge and followed them for a while as they played around. We then found two old buffalo bulls resting. After that we went looking for Mvhula and found him at his kudu [...]
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Male leopard "Lamula" by Ryan Johnston
Lion was seen on 25 days
Leopard was seen on 25 days
Elephant was seen on 27 days
Rhino was seen on 17 days
Buffalo was seen on 22 days
Wild dogs were seen on 14 days
Cheetah was seen on 5 days
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Hyena cub by Ryan Johnston
Sunday
The morning drive was a fresh and cool, and we went straight to an area south of the lodge. It was still dark out, and out of nowhere we came across a very relaxed herd of elephants! We had awesome sightings of them as they moved right close to the vehicle, feeding around us. We were thrilled to see a young elephant calf of only [...]
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Rhino Bull after a wallow by Phillip Wessels
Sunday
This morning started off with plenty of general game on the open area in front of the lodge. There were zebra, wildebeest, waterbuck, impala and, of course the hippos in the waterhole. A great way to start a safari – when there is so much general game right at the lodge, it often promises a great drive. Then the radio call came through [...]
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Majingilane male lion by Phillip Wessels
Sunday
This morning we could hear lions roaring to the east of the camp, so we made it our mission to try to find them. We headed east, and before long we had tracks of a whole pride of lions, and that is when the work for the morning started. After a very long tracking session we found the lions – it was the Styx pride; [...]
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