The cats, and dogs, have stolen all the limelight this week with plentiful sightings throughout the week! We hope you enjoy this week’s edition of “A Week in the Bush”.

The Msuthlu female leopard walked straight into an open area where there were plenty options for a decent meal, but she decided to lay low under some trees as night began to fall. While she waited patiently, and to our surprise, a squirrel had come down the tree and right into her paws! She immediately took the opportunity and caught herself a little starter. We then left her to her endeavours as she melted into the darkness.

Kigelia has been seen moving around quite a bit this week, in search of a meal.

After hearing monkeys alarm calling early one morning, we decided to follow up in the area on our morning game drive. We searched for about 2 hours before we were rewarded with a wonderful sighting of Scotia and her cub.

As we came around a corner, keeping our eyes focused on the tunnel of green shrubs on either side of the road, Ruth’s tracker, Dollen, pointed out leopard tracks on the road. Almost simultaneously one of their guests excitedly exclaimed, “Leopard!” The tracks Dollen had seen led straight off the road to a shady spot where this stunning male had stopped to cool off before carrying on along his way.

How many ways can you cuddle up your meal?! After spending some time with the White Dam male, he eventually decided to climb up to his impala kill to continue his nap with it. Nothing quite like the fruits of your hard work and patience cushioning your dreams of a really good meal a little later.

It’s not every day that you hear about a male leopard and a hyena feeding on a kill together... and not just any kill, a buffalo! Buffalo, being one of the larger mammal species in Africa, doesn’t often get predated on by a leopard, so when the call went out that the White Dam male and a hyena were feeding on one, we couldn’t resist but to go and have a closer look at it.

Two stunning lionesses from the Southern Pride lay together looking over the reserve for a potential meal. Later, they showed some interest in some nearby wildebeest but soon gave up.

After spotting some tracks for a herd of buffalo, we had noticed some tracks of lions who seem to have been following them. Luckily enough, the tracks had led us to the N’waswishaka male lions who had managed to secure a buffalo kill for themselves.

What an amazing sighting as we got to spend time with a caracal during daylight hours. It had its eye fixed on something and was ready to pounce but hesitated and proceeded to try its luck elsewhere.

A very special sighting – these little cats are not seen too often, so to share a brief sighting was magical!

Wild dog sightings have been plentiful this week as we watched a pack, along with numerous pups going around their business, with the ever-playful pups shaking off some excess energy!

We followed up on a sighting of a buffalo carcass and the hyenas were out in full force, finishing off the remains. They dragged the carcass around as they started fighting to share the spoils.

A Lilac-Breasted Roller manages to catch himself a delicious snack.

After the rains, all animals tend to be happy and show different behaviour as they play or run around. We found these two bull elephants feeding alongside the road before they started to play fight and splash water around.

The excitement is visible among this herd of elephants, quenching their thirst and cooling down in front of Selati Camp.

Until next time...