MADIKWE MORNING GAME DRIVE

We had a great morning. Started off with a large herd of Cape Buffalo headed for the watering hole. Amazing how fast they can all drink and then take off together. Probably no more than 10 minutes and they were gone. Then we came upon a group of 18 to 20 giraffe. All ages it was lovely.

Followed by one of my favorite sightings. A carcass with vultures. This was a giraffe with lots of vultures including one with a pink head I had not seen before. The vultures were fighting over the carcass. Then in comes a brown hyena. The brown hyena are not found in Sabi Sands so it is great to see them. They are very reclusive and not easy to see. This brown hyena was feeding on the carcass and pretty relaxed. Amazing how she pulled bones and the strength the hyena had. Ken should have some good pictures of the sighting. Then a black backed jackel arrived and eventually walked in front of our car.

We stopped for coffee and then heard lions were on the mornings program. They were some distance away so we knew we would be late back. On the way we saw some groups of zebra and wildebeest along with some warthog families.

The lions were sleeping and it was the same pride Zebra group 2 saw. We saw the mothers and Cubs and the smaller of the two males. One of the females moved around a bit but the male lion was out completely. Hopefully we will see them roar before we have to leave. The cheetahs are way down south now but we hope they will move this way.

On the way back more zebra and springbok. The cutest thing was the ground squirrel who posed for us nicely close to the vehicle.

Ken is working on pictures now.