Lots of mixed herds of elephants at the various waterholes, mudbathing, and drinking. There were much larger herds along the flood plains. As usual, good general game in the area, with giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, as well as roan, sable and eland.
There were also ots of different combinations of lions seen this month, including two coalitions of males fighting, with the losers having to head north to escape the victors. By far the biggest sighting we had was of 18 members of the pride at John’s Pan – five lionesses, two males, and eleven cubs…. All resting!
Leopards were still tough to find – lots of tracks, but only two actual sightings. Since the male lions were being very active in the area, it makes it harder for us to find the leopards as they try to stay out of the way of the bigger predator.
The wild dog pack were seen several times – with an additional adult joining them, now totalling fifteen individuals. We had great luck watching their hunts, with successfully catching impala several times. After finishing one of the kills close to the camp, the dogs visited an old den site of theirs. Arriving there, they found a single hyena had moved in there was a large dispute over this, and the dogs chased the hyena off. They then spent some time checking over the den, so we hope that this shows good potential for the near future.
