Good afternoon everyone! The cheetahs are back in the southern Nossob River, because of all the groups of springbok. I drove past probably five hundred this morning and we had lion & cheetah spottings! The lions were at Kij Kij having a snooze as usual and the cheetahs at Melkvlei.
I took this shot late afternoon against the setting sun with beautiful pastel colours! The Kalahari sunsets are usually amazing when there is clouds on the horizon! Enjoy and see you on Monday!
Good afternoon everyone… We have been consentrating on a hyeana den the last couple of days, and its been very interesting, they nibble on everything!! There is also 3 cubs and they are very very entertaining as well. When the cubs are young they are black and develop the spots at a later stage.
Here the hyena nibbles on the side canvasses with the moon in the background! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!
Good afternoon everyone… The female leopard in the south has been very scarce the last month and we were a bit worried about her, since there was a lot of lion activity in the south we thought something might if happened to her!! She is well and looking good! Still very very skittish and she hates the noise of diesel engines!!! Hopefully we will see more of her this month to come. Another worry for us is the disappearance of Mufasa, my trusty Rooiputs pride mail who recently lost his coalition partner “Murtu” due to old age! We haven’t seen him for two months! And we’ve seen young males mating in the region, which worries us a lot! There are 4 young males in that area frequently and we don’t see his tracks anymore! There is also 4 young males in the south, the “beach boys”, blonde and even they are mating everywhere! We think Mufasa needs to come sort these boys out!!!! We are very afraid and against four young males on the border of his territory, north and south can turn fatal!!! Lets hope he is on a extended holiday in the dunes somewhere! Anyone that knows this lion and have seen him, please contact me, thanks! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!
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Good morning everyone… Hope you had a great weekend, we were lucky to see a couple of male cheetahs on the hunt over the weekend, they chased a steenbok over the dunes and disappeared in the long grass. These animals can run up to speeds of 110 km/h and normally hunts during the days because of the other predator activity at night like lion, hyenas, and leopard. Enjoy and see you tomorrow!
Good afternoon everyone… Today we share with you one of the biggest leopards in the Park. He has lost part of his right ear , and weighs probably close to 90 kg! He is huge. I sometimes think its a lioness from far, then to realise its our trusty southern leopard male! Noa calls him Oscar!
He has a huge range, I have seen him in and around the whole southern triangle of the Park, and that is 35km x 38km x 34km! Here he was chased up a tree by a hyena that was trying to steal his springbok carcass he caught that morning! Enjoy your weekend and see you monday!
Good afternoon everyone… Here is our favourite cat in the Park! She is elusive, and makes our lives hell! We have been trying to follow her since January, but we will keep on trying to find her as much as we can, spending loooooooong hours out in the field, looking for tracks or any signs! But like Gary Player said: ” The more you play, the luckier you get!”
We found her early in the morning on a ridge stalking a springbok, but once they disappears in the tall grass its almost impossible to follow them! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!
Good afternoon everyone… I came across these lions at the entrance gate of Xaus Lodge in the Western side of the park. The three cubs tried to bite off the chain at the gate. They did eventually got it off the hook and then played around for an hour before the sun got a bit hot, and then headed for the shade. We found this pride twice in the last week and both times they walked up to this chain and started to play with it! Its great seeing these cubs at play! Enjoy and see you tomorrow!
Good afternoon everyone… Herewith a sunset shot of my favourite antelope. The only outward difference between males and females is their horns, in males, these horns are perfectly straight, extending from the base of the skull to a slight outward and rearward angle. Females have longer thinner horns that have a slight outward and rearward curve in addition to their angle. Enjoy and see you tommorow!
Good morning everyone!… I took this photo of a African Wild Cat over the weekend, and what a beauty she was. They are very hard to find at the moment because of the high grass. She was a great model, catching grasshoppers in the tall grass. The African wildcat is mainly active during the night and twilight. Enjoy and see you tomorrow!
Good afternoon everyone, sorry I disappeared for a while, I got stuck with a pride of lions in the north! Two beautiful black-maned lions and a female with three playful cubs.
The cubs are great to watch and never let you down , they are always playing and jumping on mom and dad! Here they are coming towards us down one of the Botswana roads, mom on the left, and sister on the right, the young male was always in the front! Its great capturing them when they parade in good light! Enjoy your weekend and see you on monday!
