Our afternoon drive was a scavenger hunt for buffalo as it
was the only one left of the five to be seen. The drive started on a big note
as we haven’t even started the vehicle and a herd of elephant made their
presence known, they were one hundred meters to the west of the lodge. We
approached the herd from the north and sat patiently watching them come out in
the open surrounding us with calm and ease as they moved passed us feeding. Two
youngsters were playing in front of the vehicle with no care about our
presence, one trying to overpower the other in a playful manner, mounting each
other in a “dominance display game”, which would be useful in their older days. 
We moved off to the west and sure thing! A dagga boy was wallowing in one eye pan
relaxing the day away! We asked for one but were given plenty! We saw three
more whilst on drive, none of us were complaining as we enjoyed their presence
and not much more was found except some plains game such as water buck, Impala,
zebras, grey duiker and steenbok. 
This morning however held in more excitement than
we expected. We moved back west and first thing as we entered the western
boundary known as triple M (mala mala main) we encountered another herd of
elephant. The herd was spread over the whole road but only one specifically
grabbed our attention. A female had a calf no older than a week! She was very
weary of where her youngster was. She blocked him from us but we managed to get
a sneak peak of the new comer!
Three hundred meters west of the herd we found
the whole Styx pride! And the three cubs were walking about with the pride!
Much excitement on the vehicle as cubs is always a winner with everyone! Unfortunately
they moved off north in a thick Tamboti thicket which was inaccessible. None the
less a good sighting!
As we moved off to get back to camp for breakfast a Tawny
eagle was perched on top of a dead tree and allowed us to stop directly
underneath him. Flying off was the last thing on his mind it seemed as we
slowly moved off and he sat peacefully on his throne.
We had perfect timing, on
arrival at the lodge the sky opened up slowly allowing the soft rain to fall.
Greetings Jaces Bornman
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