Welcome to this week’s round up of highlights from the previous 7 days at Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve. It’s been another busy week with lots of wonderful sightings enjoyed by all who have visited us recently.

Early in the week Little Bush’s presence was given away by the alarm calls of some impala. She remained well hidden proving to all how difficult these cats can be to find and what makes Sabi Sabi a fantastic destination to view these elusive cats.

Little Bush's beautiful female cub has been seen regularly this week, making her way through her mother’s territory and we eventually lost her after a hyena appeared and chased after her.

Maxabeni has been hard at work marking and patrolling his territory. Towards the end of the week he was seen with a very full stomach after sharing an impala kill with his son, the White Dam male cub.

The Kigelia female has been moving between dense thickets just to the East of Little Bush Camp in search of a potential meal, and stopping to rest in the sun as it warmed the cool earth.

The Southern Pride are still without the Charleston males who we last saw almost 6 weeks ago and are still unsure of their whereabouts. We have enjoyed lovely sightings of the females and cubs as they reaffirmed bonds after a short period apart.

With all this predator activity in the Western sector one would think the chance of seeing a cheetah wouldn't be possible but we arrived soon after a cheetah had killed an impala. Despite being extremely tired from the hunt, the tentative cat dragged its prey to the shade to enjoy a well-earned meal.

We are incredibly blessed to be able to have many wonderful close encounters with the inhabitants of the bush and today this massive bull elephant was a perfect subject for a little bit of deconstructed photography.

A dwarf mongoose peers out from a termite mound to admire the beauty of the rising sun.

A Yellow-billed Hornbill gives us a beady eye while the sun adds a beautiful orange hue to its plumage.

Buffalo always seem to be aggressive, angry, stubborn, or sad, but here are two photos of them that display a more peaceful demeanour.

These two Spider Hunting Wasps were eagerly lapping up the nectar of the Candelabra Euphorbia amongst various other insects.

This herd of impala was happily grazing away, taking advantage of the magnificent growth provided by the summer rains.

We were lucky enough to spot a White-headed Vulture the other day which is a rare and much welcomed sight to see here at Sabi Sabi.

Until next time...