News of the Day from Villiers:
Our new guests arrived in time for lunch and our usual get together and briefing before we were ready and keen to get going, cameras ready … and it is a very special time …
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News from Villiers:
(Images from back of Villiers’ Camera)
It was freezing this morning – the coldest so far, but luckily there was no wind and we were able to bake a little in the sun.
The cold as always …
News from Villiers:
(Images from back of Villiers’ Camera)
To cover a little more area this morning we decided that our Tusk vehicles would go in different directions – one to the hyena den to catch up with the activity …
Villiers Shares His Day:
(Images from back of Villiers’ Camera)
We woke up to a cloudless, bright day – our first on this trip. But! It was freezing, icy cold with a bitterly cold wind. Surprisingly, that cold turned out …
Villiers Shares His Day:
(Images from back of Villiers’ camera)
The morning dawned overcast again – lovely – with a promise of some rain as we set out. As planned we went straight to the buffalo kill where we had …
Villiers Shares His Day:
Aaaaah! Back here at Elephant Plains! You could sense the feelings of anticipation as we all gathered for lunch. Aware of the wonderful sightings during the past week, we were more than ready when we finished …
Brendon Shares News of the Day:
We started the morning searching for leopard tracks … and when we didn’t find much close to the Lodge we headed toward the east.
On the way we stopped to photograph quite a few …
Brendon Shares News of the Day:
We left early this morning, and again went to the east to try and find Karula again – hoping that she would be with her cubs.
On the way we found fresh tracks of …
Brendon Shares News of the Day:
We decided to be a little different this morning and rather headed out towards the east to see if we could just maybe catch up with Karula, another well-known leopard in the area. If …
Brendon Shares News of the Day:
When the new guests arrived and all got to know each other, a big focus of conversation was the experiences of the past few days – and mostly this amazing morning.
The result was …
