The intruder males that moved into the Tau Pan area last December seem to have completely taken over the area, and the older resident males have been forced out. One of the new males was found with one of the four females from the resident pride, mating for several days at the beginning of the month. On the second day, another couple joined the first couple, mating about 40m from each other. A third male looked on, but seemed submissive, allowing his cohorts to continue with enlarging the gene pool!
One late afternoon/early evening, we came up on two aardwolves, relaxing by their burrow. The male was a little shy, and moved off, heading out across the pan and through the bushes.
On a trip to Deception Valley, we were lucky enough to see two sub-adult leopards relaxing and bonding together. It was a wonderful sighting, and the leopards seemed quite relaxed considering they probably don’t witness many vehicles in their days.
Cheetahs were also seen regularly, including a lovely female that managed to catch and kill a springbok whilst we were watching.
