Another beautiful day for a game drive. What started off slow ended with a number of accomplishments. New species sighted included 11 hippos submerged beneath the cold dark waters of a large watering hole and a mother cheetah resting in the grass with her two seven-month-old young at her side. We also saw a group of three young male white rhino, a separate pair of older white rhino, several group of zebra and giraffe and a large pack of elephants, which included several babies playing with and trying to figure out how to use their trunks. Toward the end of our drive we caught a very brief glimpse of a father leopard teaching the son how to hunt in the dried creek bed (the young of the female leopard we saw yesterday), although they darted away before we could observe them.
Hippos stare out from the water's surface...
Fishing Eagle
White Rhino (3 young bulls)
Pair of male Kudu
White Rhino (male and female)
Cheetah (mother and two young)
Elephant herd
Hornbill
Pair of Zebra rest on one another
The canopy of a leadwood tree
Then it was back to the lodge for breakfast and now we are relaxing in our villa with the pet warthogs and nyala taking care of the lawn out front. Our last dusk game drive is tonight, but our Rochester friends will not be there because they are moving on to another &Beyond reserve further south in Kruger. The African Wild Dogs have eluded us so far, but we heard that tracks were spotted nearby this morning. That's what we will be seeking out tonight.
Then it was back to the lodge for breakfast and now we are relaxing in our villa with the pet warthogs and nyala taking care of the lawn out front. Our last dusk game drive is tonight, but our Rochester friends will not be there because they are moving on to another &Beyond reserve further south in Kruger. The African Wild Dogs have eluded us so far, but we heard that tracks were spotted nearby this morning. That's what we will be seeking out tonight.
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