The two dominant male lions were found with a kudu bull close to the camp. They fed on the carcass for three days, but didn’t appear to be letting any of the females in for a bite to eat. The lionesses themselves seemed to be doing ok, as the two females with five cubs looked well fed, and were seen regularly lounging by the waterhole.
A female cheetah was found along the road to Passarge, she seemed quite nervous, and was limping on her foreleg.
An odd sighting at any time of the year in the Kalahari – four young male elephants were located along Phukwi Road – very relaxed considering they can’t have seen much in the way of vehicles in their travels.
A special sighting of a snake – Cape cobra seen whilst out on drive. This brightly coloured yellow snake is endemic to the area, but not often seen.
And something very unusual. Rain – 25mm of it fell in one day in early September! For the Kalahari, that was enough for some of the grass to come out and some happy animals to enjoy it. It does not look like the start of the rainy season – traditionally isolated areas get a light dusting of rain around the 30th of September (easy to remember, as that is when Botswana gained independence in 1966, and it bucketed down in celebration on all the dignitaries…) – and then nothing until late October or November.
