What a day! The morning was great but the afternoon was even better. We started off with a lovely sighting of elephants heading to river. We parked nearby and watched them all drink.

Then the call a leopard had been found. We followed the leopard on the sandy river bank. She sat down in a clearing. This was one of the leopard Cubs that is just under two years old we saw with their mother with a kill on Zebra 2. She moved to a termite mound and sat on the top. Then another leopard appeared that was on the backside of the termite mound. It was the other female cub. Next on the scene was a hyena. The leopard on the top of the termite mound changed her posture to a stalking attitude. The hyena came closer on the road. The leopard left the mound and got closer to the leopard. Of course it was a stand off as no action would take place between the two, but it was great to watch.

We left as we got the call WILD DOGS had been sighted. Yahoo - off we went. The dogs were at the den which is great news as we thought they had left. There were 10 dogs in total including the alpha female who was very pregnant. I just hope she has those puppies at this den site. That would be great for Mala Mala.

The dogs did their normal play ritual that takes place before a hunt. Eventually it looked like they were going to hunt and we followed. They went off Mala Mala land but then came back. After some off roading following the dogs they headed back to the den. We had to leave it was getting dark

On the way back we saw rhino and one vehicle saw lions.

Tomorrow Ken and I decided to go out early in the hope of seeing them hunt. Eight are going early, four at the normal time and four are staying in as they are leaving and not going onto Madikwe.

Hopefully I come back tomorrow with the news I saw a wild dog kill.