The reserve is home to the Big Five as well as an abundance of other game and bird species. This means good sightings, either while out on game drive or on foot during bush walks. KwaMbili means "Place of Two"…
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We were lucky to have our old friend, the resident female leopard we call Twin Spots, come by the other evening and stop for a drink at the waterhole in front of the hide while the guests were enjoying dinner…
We found our dominant male lion (named Black Dam after the place where he came from) limping on his right hind leg after spending some time with the lionesses from the Northern pride.
Hope you all had as good a Christmas as we did! On Christmas Eve we found (or rather first smelt and then, after investigating, found!) a male leopard feeding on a young wildebeest (gnu) carcass.
Our resident female leopard Twin Spots has successfully raised three cubs over the last years near KwaMbili. We are extremely fortunate that she seemed to make sure she spent some time with them in and around camp, at times bringing…
These last weeks at KwaMbili have seen a lot of wildlife activity in and around camp. Our resident female leopard, Twinspot, and her cub have been visiting regularly as well as a breeding herd of buffalo with a one month…
We had a great sighting of the three lionesses from the southern pride attempting to make a kill by stalking a buffalo but they were unfortunately unsuccessful as they were spotted by the buffalo herd.
Blankets are coming out and many a fire has been lit. The animals are enjoying the respite from the heat we endured in March. We had a group with us over the last week who were spoilt with good sightings.