This weekend’s sightings included amongst others: wild dog, 2 male lion, elephant, zebra, buffalo and wildebeest.

Wild dog (Lycaon pictus) - the African Wild Dog is one of the most endangered species in the world. Their numbers have declined severely over the years due to disease, loss of habitat and human persecution which is mainly due to a lack of education.

Yesterday some banded mongoose arrived in camp (Skukuza) with their new babies, on the drive we saw amongst others, two ostrich and a big bull elephant shaking a marula tree for the fruit.

Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) live in groups up to about 30 animals who sleep together, usually in holes in termite mounds. They come out around sunrise and bask to warm themselves up before the alpha female and her mate lead them off to forage, either as one pack or in smaller groups. Depending on how good the hunting is, a banded mongoose troop may travel from 2 - 10 km in a day. Insects make up most of a banded mongoose’s diet, with lesser quantities of other arthropods and small vertebrates. They also eat fruit, berries, eggs and carrion.

Yesterday on game drive in the Kruger National Park we saw zebra, lion, elephant, rhino, kudu, hippo, hyena, impala, wildebeest and elephant.

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This weekend we saw elephant, lion, hippo, leopard, genet, kudu, mongoose, ground hornbill and tons of other animals. Bush quite thick at the moment as there has been lots of rain recently.

On our game drive in the Kruger yesterday, our guests saw leopard, rhino, lion pride with 9 cubs, hyena with puppies, elephant, boomslang and black mamba