10-11 March

The afternoon drive we headed back to the four way pride on Anett’s camp, but this time they moved and allowed us to have great visibility, and they proved the curiosity of the feline race as the one lioness sneaked into the camp and stole an old tyre! The strange shape, smell, taste and texture of this rubber circle enticed these big cats to bring out there playful side as they trashed and threw the new toy around each lion making a turn to wonder over the new object. 
We headed off to see if we could find the hyenas at their den in the far north east. As we arrived it seemed abandoned but luckily just as we were leaving the one female came out of hiding. Not where you would expect, they were in the bush hiding under a fallen dead tree. As the youngsters came out they allowed us for a great view. But a small bladder on the vehicle meant we had to scurry off in search of a save spot. As we say “every tree is a lavatory”. We headed back after good conversations on our sun downer stop. 
This morning we made our way in search for wildlife, we were very fortunate to of found Bahuti right next to Gowrie main right up in a tree exposing his face in the green foliage naturally framing his face. He moved east on the northern side of the road which meant we had limited, but good, visual and as our luck had it he moved north meaning we lost visibility completely, as we moved on we noticed Thandi’s tracks heading south which meant she couldn’t be far! We carried on following her tracks and bumped into a beautiful herd of elephant! 
They were peacefully feeding around us, some were so focused on nourishing themselves that they almost didn’t take notice of us and strolled alongside the vehicle, making for a great first encounter for the guests. A couple of youngsters were wrestling in front of us in the road, made for great and funny entertainment as the youngest elephant bullied the oldest one to the ground and placed themselves right on top of him! 



We stopped for coffee after our great encounters and moved on back to camp. Maybe this afternoon we’ll find Thandi hanging around.
Greetings
Jaces Bornman