Another week has come and gone here at Sabi Sabi. Although the mornings are very cold, a sunrise is a welcome sight!

We have once again been privy to amazing general sightings, from the big, right down to the small!

This towering male giraffe strolled past us blotting out the rising sun as he passed mere meters away from the vehicle.

Two Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills spent the morning baking in the sun after a chilly night.

A stunning Golden Orb Spider shows off its vivid colours at the start of one of our morning game drives.

A very large elephant bull came trundling down the road towards us, prompting us to move out of his way.

This Baboon makes its way down the road, confident that here were no potential predators around.

Despite their size, giraffes have an unbelievable ability to blend into their environment just like this young giraffe demonstrates.

We have had numerous sightings of the Msuthlu female leopard. She’s the daughter of the Scotia female and Xovonekela male and was born in 2014. She has been seen exploring and scent marking in the Southern section of Little Bush female’s territory! She has also been seen mating with the young White Dam male who was trying to avoid the female’s advances.

We had a wonderful sighting of the Little Bush female and White Dam male courting in a big Jackalberry Tree. They both eventually made their way down and walked past our vehicle in the riverbed. What an incredible privilege!

After spotting the young White Dam male from the deck of Selati Camp, we made our way to relocate him and found his father, Maxabeni, actively scent marking and vocalising in the same area and eventually making his way through his territory towards Bush Lodge.

Little Bush's cub was found polishing off the last remains of a duiker kill she was found with and then moved a short way off to rest in the shadow of the dying sun.

Earlier in the week, we had an awesome sighting of the Southern Pride, trailed by one of the returning Charleston males, as they moved with the setting sun. Upon following up with them the following morning, they failed in any attempts they may have had. Despite this, we enjoyed a lovely sighting of the pride along with Franscois’ tracker, Dollen as the Pride was found lounging not far from one of the major watering holes. Perhaps waiting for a meal to wander close by on its way to drink.

The pride was able to take down a young buffalo – a small meal for them which didn’t even last the night.

Our last sighting of them saw them on the move again along the Msuthlu River...

Until next time...