Thursday, June 3, 2010

Rangers Report 25 May 2010

Morning Drive

We headed out looking for lions, was going to do the Notten's Boundary with Mala-Mala and Dudley then got the word that Sabi-Sabi had found one female young male and a big male lion north of Madagga. Then someone got the Charlston dominent male lion around Mvovo Pan. We were on our way for the lone male because visual of the small southern pride was bad. We bumped into the Notten's Female leopard on Manjets north of Mhisi junction, we followed her up Manjets and down Short-cut Gwagga until she headed off road west of Nguginyaan. She gave us a good show. Got into the lion loc with the Charlston male.

Rangers Report 24 May 2010

Morning Drive

Big elephant herd around Marula, one tiny baby. Three young bulls playing. Two buffalo bulls west of Conolla Crossing. Giraffe herd aroung Khoti view.




Evening Drve

Seven rhino's south of White Dam. Two bulls were fighting a bit. One buffalo bull static in White Dam. Big elephaqnt herd around Kalina, nice baby sightings. Ricco found the Notten's female leopard east of Tom's. We followed her up Makulu Mazonki and onto the plains east of Makulu Mazonki, she tried to hunt impala but they kept seeing her and would alarm call but not quite know exactly were she was. She would circle around and try again, she did this about four times then gave up and headed south down Railway Road and into the real thick bush east of Pott's Puddle.

Rangers Report 23 May 2010

Morning Drive

Nottens female on the left over kill of the Impala ram, also one hyena waiting which was eventually rewarded with the carcass falling out of the tree. Three huge buffalo bulls open area north of White Dam itself. Two sleeping rhinos at Nottens Access west of the concrete crossing. It was a female with a long horn and her friend. Then there were two more rhinos at the open area, west of White Dam itself and one lonely young elephant bull Nkaya north of Monza junction.




Evening Drive

We drove around on different roads looking for anything new. We found a nice breeding herd of Impala with a big bull waterbuck east of Makulu Mazonki. We stayed with them for a long time, got all big five with my guests already. Then Tom called in a pride of lions tracks on Selati Access, I went to have a look but could only get one big males tracks. He then called in that the pride of lions tracks had crossed into Dudley. We had a long group puza at Khoti view. There was a young male leopard sighting north of Weeping Plains puza spot but Darred got another young female leopard on Ukhuthula, we got there and she headed straight into the thick bush. Tom then got a lion pride in Mala-Mala east of Marula puza spot he told me on channel eight because they were far into Mala-Mala. We viewed two youngsters maybe one male or both males, one big female and one big male. Ayirfield pride. Then we got one bull elephant and the skittish female leopard west of room seven in the dark.

Rangers Report 22 May 210

Elephant herd Old Kraal wet-lands. One female has just one tusk facing up like a worthog. It got real close, one meter to the back left of my Land Rover. Floppy ears lionesse and one huge male lion from Kruger was north of Jonses Jaunt in Dudley. Then we followed floppy ears all the way to Tom's puza spot and stayed with her for a long time.