Okay this mornings game drive.

We were out with Kim and Alice. Started with the elephants and we had a nice sighting. Then we went north looking for lions. On the way we saw two hyenas and a lot of Eagles. Those are signs of a kill so my antenna went up I LOVE hyenas and vultures cleaning up a kill. Hard to see but one of my favorite sightings. One of the hyenas came right up to the vehicle. That was great.

The lion hunt continued with all four vehicles were involved. Tracks of two male lions had been found and we were assigned to check the parameter of the block where they thought they were. Then we went into the block off road but did not find anything. This took well over an hour. Finally one of the vehicles spotted the lions. So we all headed in that direction.

We found a really nice healthy big male eating an impala carcass. Kim mentioned that this was a long way from the Eagles and hyenas we had seen earlier. The ranger said he thought the lions may have killed two fighting impala as their bellies were too full for just one impala. I think Kim has a handle on this safari thing now. The other male was walking into the bush. We watched the action at the kill and then went to check the second male.

What a BIG BOY. I instantly thought this is a Kalahari lion like they have in Madikwe game reserve that is on the edge of the Kalahari desert. He was huge and had a massive black mane that came down between his legs. Then hair on his elbows and belly. This lion was all testosterone. The ranger told us that there was that gene pool in this lion and would be very good for area to get Cubs and build a pride. Let's hope that happens it would really be great.

The hope is these two lions will take over this territory and push out those Kruger lions we saw already that looked so unhealthy.

So it was a bit late and we started back. Then we saw a bigger bunch of Eagles and vultures - the signs of a different kill and this was the area we had seen the hyenas earlier. We all agreed to blow off breakfast and go and look. So we went crashing through the bush and we were rewarded. Lots of vultures working the carcass of another male impala so the ranger guessed that correctly. The vultures were having a few squabbles. There were different varieties of vultures. I love the vultures I was so happy not seen this for a long time.

We made it back and breakfast was still available. It was a SUPER morning.