The week started off with some welcome rain and some lion tracks and signs that a small herd of buffalo had run across the road. We soon came across one of the Avoca males lying beside the remains of a buffalo calf which he must have brought down during the night. He didn’t move far for a couple of days whilst contact calling his coalition partner.

The Southern Pride continue to do well and secure regular meals for themselves. We located them with well-rounded bellies before starting to groom each other before heading off into the night. A few days later they were seen again, feeding on a kudu.

Wild dogs have been coming and going a lot in recent weeks and here Francois had a brief sighting of them as this dog ran straight towards his vehicle.

The Msuthlu female managed to bring down a female impala earlier this week and managed to successfully hoist her kill up a tree before some hyenas moved in.

Ntsumi was also seen with a kill and much like Msuthlu, she also needed to act quickly before some hyenas arrived on the scene after hearing the commotion from the kill.

The following day, we followed up on Ntsumi and found N’weti mating with her. A beautiful experience for all who witnessed it.

One morning on safari, we spotted a bushbuck kill hanging in a tree, but there was no sign of the leopard that put it there. In the evening, just after sunset, we decided to go and have another look and there he was, the young White Dam male having dinner.

Xovonekela was seen near a warthog burrow waiting for the animals within to come out. Kevan and his guests waited patiently and when the warthogs finally emerged, the leopard made his move and secured himself a meal which he moved to the drainage line. Upon returning later that afternoon, he had managed to drag the kill up a tree.

We came across a Cape Buffalo cow who seemed to have died from natural causes or poor condition and was being fed on by an entire clan of Spotted Hyena which was surrounded by many species of Vultures. We were able to identify three species, namely the more common White-backed Vulture and Hooded Vulture; as well as the rarely seen Lappet-faced Vulture!

A serval stalking a scrub hare... some rooted for the serval, others for the hare. At the end, the serval stepped on a twig and the scrub hare got away.

This curious little elephant decided he was bigger than the game and gave our vehicle a little charge! It wasn't long after that he realized he was well out of his league and ran straight back to the safety of mom’s legs.

A large herd of Cape Buffalo graze near our airstrip in the late afternoon sun.

We were lucky enough to come upon a small bachelor group of Giraffes one overcast morning. Two bulls engaged in a half-hearted battle, bashing one another using their ossicones (horn-like protrusions) whilst a third bull seemed to want in on the action as he watched closely.

While watching an elephant bull eating from a Marula tree he had just pushed over, we were treated to this young Bateleur landing on the scene.

Something that isn't photographed as often as they are seen... A male Common Duiker poses for a second for a quick photograph before heading into a thicket for protection.

A hyena walking proudly with its prize of an impala hide which it soaked in a waterhole, but with another 3 hyena hanging around, it didn’t feel comfortable leaving it behind.

A species that is hardly seen, the African Wild Cat. Here an individual hides in the long grass, however those eyes gave its cover away as one of our fantastic trackers managed to pick up on it.

Until next time...