Welcome to this week’s edition of “A Week in the Bush”! For those of you who missed some of our posts this past week, it’s been another incredible week at Sabi Sabi – enjoy!

The week started off with Kashane taking down a female warthog right in front of Franscois and his guests. Despite putting up a good fight, Kashane was successful in his hunt. Later in the week he managed to secure another meal, a bushbuck.

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Keeping with the leopards, Maxabeni was seen on a regular basis as he made his way around his territory, even popping in at Bush Lodge where he attempted to hunt a buckbuck close to the Amani Spa and a nylala at the entrance to the lodge.

Maxabeni’s son, the White Dam male, has had a good week! He was seen on a large impala ewe carcass up a Jackalberry tree and later in the week was mating with the Msuthlu female. They proceeded to move through a drainage line when the White Dam male pounced on a young Grey Duiker right in front of Kyle and his guests.

A male Cheetah has been seen now quite regularly in the south of our reserve, an area called Lisbon. Here we witnessed him using trees and termite mounds for vantage points as he scanned a large open area, while doing so we also noticed him marking his territory on a few trees within this open area.

Lion activity this week has been aplenty!

We start with the Southern Pride who were seen in the northern part of our reserve and looking in desperate need of a meal. The following morning their tracks led us past Kashane and his warthog kill with both Kashane and his kill missing which leads us to believe that the Southern Pride stole his kill. A sneaky snack for the hungry pride.

The Avoca males were seen earlier in the week with a lioness who we believe is a Kambula female from the Mhangeni Breakaways. The lioness, after a bit of rest, mated with both Avoca males, one after the next.

After bringing down and consuming a zebra, the two Avoca males were resting close to Bush Lodge's waterhole during the early parts of the morning. Their nap was soon interrupted by two of the Tsalala males, chasing the Avoca males into the Msuthlu Riverbed.

We waited patiently at this dam whilst on safari and patience paid off as we watched this giraffe and zebra approach the water for a drink.

A large amount of Spotted Hyena were drawn to the carcass of a Plains Zebra which the two Avoca males had been seen feeding on.

An interesting display of a Lilac-breasted Roller resting on the back of a White Rhinoceros while waiting for the Rhino to move in order to disturb a couple locusts in the grass for a potential snack.

A Swainson's Spurfowl catches the dying afternoon sun as it starts to head towards its chicks just off the side of the road.

A young Impala ram keeps an eye out within the surrounding areas as the afternoon sun slowly starts to set.

An impressive sight as a massive herd of elephants lined up for a drink after chasing away every other animal in the area.

Until next time...