What a morning! Our ranger told us the dogs were out this morning hunting. They had made a kill and were going back to the den. We heard they had gone so far to make their kill they were trying to cross the river at a different spot. When we reached the dogs it was just amazing. The night we saw them before they were focused on the hunt working as a pack. This time they were all over the place going back and forth trying to figure out how to cross. The younger dogs were playing and having a great time. Dogs were right at the vehicle and all around us. We spent a long time watching the action and then all of a sudden they joined together and started moving. We were of course off road and we stayed with the pack as they were moving through the bush. We were in the middle of the pack when a kudu jumped up and the dogs gave chase and we were right there with them, it was so incredibly exciting. The kudu managed to escape and the ranger said it was the young dogs who gave chase. The pack had already made a kill and wanted to get back to the den so they got no support from the rest of the pack. We were with the dogs the entire morning. I was in absolute heaven.

After lunch we did a site inspection on another property. This is a camp we will not use so mark off one possibility for a new camp. It took us over two hours so we made it back just in time for the afternoon game drive.

The afternoon was quiet at first and we had Brayden, Ralph's grandson with us. All our game drives have been so great I was disappointed this one was so quiet. The wind had picked up and that stops the game from moving around. We were on the hunt for a pair of mating lions where the male was bigger than the one we had already seen. That seemed hard to believe. We had fresh tracks and they knew the block the lions were in and several vehicles did a co-coordinated on foot search. No luck.

So we gave up and started looking for rhino as Brayden had not had a good rhino sighting. We found a crash of five rhino including a really big male and a baby. We followed them off road for a while it was a great sighting. Next we found a black backed jacket. I love these animals and they are very rare in the Sabi Sands area so this is the best chance to see them. He was just a few feet from out vehicle we got some good shots. Driving down the road we found a brown hyena that caused big excitement everyone wanted to see a brown hyena another animal you cannot find in Sabi Sands. We got a pretty good sighting but too much grass and a bit dark for good pictures but a good sighting nonetheless. We stayed with the hyena for about 10 minutes. Then coming back to the lodge we found a young male elephant that gave us a nice show right at the vehicle. So it turned out to be a very good drive.

We will try for the lions again tomorrow then it is a sad farewell to Madikwe Hills. It has been an incredible stay with tons of action at the waterhole off the deck. The kids have all bonded and everyone is very happy

I am writing these reports on an iPad as Ken is using the computer for his pictures. I find typing on an ipad very difficult and I am pretty tired after such a full day so forgive typos etc no time to do this any other way but a quick overview of the action..

We fly to Kings Camp tomorrow at 11.00 am. I heard the 6 year old is very upset she does not want to leave Madikwe Hills.