Giraffe Kill
Lions need to hunt to survive and the majority of their hunts target smaller prey such as Impala, Kudu and even buffalo. We were extremely lucky to find this male lion with a giraffe kill. Tackling an animal as large…
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Category: The Big 5
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Skukutsu males & Mphosa
The death of the male lion we called Trilogy left a power vacuum in the area round KwaMbili. With enough prey around, the lionesses of the northern pride stayed in their territory but with no male lion scent-marking this territory,…Read More »
Big tusker
We were extremely lucky this week – seeing elephants is always a great experience but one of this size is absolutely extraordinary! It was a fairly quiet morning game drive and as we were driving along we found fresh elephant…Read More »
Mating lions
This male and female lion were spotted resting around the dam the morning after Valentine’s Day. Both had left their respective prides for a few days of mating – Cupid definitely struck here! This lioness couldn’t resist the dark and…Read More »
An elephants built-in water…
You may have noticed elephants with a leakage from their temporal glands. This means that they are experiencing some kind of stress. It could be a female worried about protecting her calf or simply heat stress. Interestingly, there have been…Read More »
Lions and leopards
It all started one afternoon with a family just arrived all the way from Holland. We were told that this trip had been a dream of theirs for many years. After watching African animals on TV and wanting to experience…Read More »
Makeppies female
Since the loss of our dominant female leopard, Twinspots, it has been interesting to follow the movements of the Makeppies female from the north of Thornybush. We have lately been finding more and more evidence of her around the lodge,…Read More »
Mighty lion
Having a lion next to the vehicle is quite something but when he is above you looking down on you, it really makes him live up to his name of “King of the Jungle”. We were extremely lucky to have…Read More »
Season’s changing
The past few days have been windy and cold with the first rains of the season falling, only 6mm but enough for the plants to start producing flowers and bring on the whole pollination process. Soon we will witness the…Read More »
Elephants in the water
While out on game drive one afternoon we stopped at a herd of elephants. The young bulls were playing and the rest of the herd were grazing and breaking branches or swimming in a dam. Suddenly one young elephant calf…Read More »
