The Lion drought of the past week has been broken! This morning, as everyone was leaving Skukuza in search of great sightings, 3 huge males were right on the crossing just outside the camp! Even the guests on their way to do a Bush walk with SAN Parks got to see them!

Yesterday was also a good one with another leopard and no less than 10 white rhino spotted in different areas along the Biyamiti! The rest of the day brought elephant, buffalo, loads of giraffe, zebra, impala (several of the herds have started dropping their babies, so there are many tiny little impalas running around!), kudu, wildebeest and many birds.

With the rain still staying away, the sightings have been brilliant!

Willem’s guests have been entertained by excellent sightings of hyenas. They found two hyenas on the road and followed them for a while. They were led to a new den that Willem has not seen before. There were at least 12 hyenas & the greeting with the new two was amazing. This was followed by lots of giggling, marking of the grass & yapping and loads of interaction! Two of them peeled off to take a bath across the road in some water caught on a rock plate. The group eventually had to leave because of the smell!

Written by Robert Wienand, our specialist bird guide

On the 9^th November myself and 4 guests headed East to the Kruger Park on a birding safari.

En-route we stopped at the Abel Erasmus tunnel where 3 Taita Falcons were watched swooping through the air, while a few Cape Vultures drifted through the sky.

Once into the park birds were being added to the ever growing list at a fast pace. African Paradise Flycatcher was sitting on a nest, and Levaillant’s Cuckoo and Orange-breasted Bush Shrike called in spite of the increasing heat.

Rhino poaching: This is such a disgusting topic! All we can do to to help create awareness which will hopefully help to stop this terrible trend!

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