The Tiger Safari: Day 2

After the great start we had it was always going to be difficult to beat the first day, but the tigers had something else in store for us. Midway through the morning we found a tigress, and she had a sneaky surprise waiting in the long grass. Her 3 cubs (one-year-olds) came bounding out the grass and joined their mother walking right past us – several times! What a privilege to see and photograph 4 tigers on just the second day of our safari. We spent the rest of the morning with the striped family, and the afternoon trying out some new sections of the reserve, where we were rewarded with a great sighting of a golden jackal.

Major sightings of the day:

  • Tiger and 3 cubs
  • Golden jackal
  • Many different bird species

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The Classic South African Safari video

Keeping in line with the last few posts, I thought I would post the video of the Classic South African Safari.  There is simply so much to see on this safari; so many different large mammals, small mammals and birds that you cannot leave the safari disappointed – the photographic opportunities are seemingly endless! The most difficult part of the safari is often which animal or which species we should photograph next.  Enough said, have a look at the video to see more of this fantastic safari.

Botswana: The Okavango Delta Safari video

Heading into Botswana’s Okavango Delta is always a special experience.  The combination of land and water based safaris, as well as the incredible bio-diversity it has to offer mean that you always leave the safari feeling like you won.

Check out the video of this incredible safari.

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The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 6

After a magnificent sunrise, the day really took off when we came across 3 cheetah which were out hunting.  We witnessed several chases providing us with lots of good photographic opportunities, but the trio were not in luck and will have to wait a little bit longer for a meal.  Not far off from the cheetah, were 4 lions resting in the shade.  The wildebeest were not keen to cross the river today, but we did see a few small crossings, mostly of youngsters that had been separated from their mothers.  The afternoon provided some more cats, with a pride of 4 lionesses and 4 cubs out hunting zebra, but the day finished off very nicely with a good half an hour at a hyaena den site, where 8 little cubs kept our cameras clicking until the very last minute!

Major sightings of the day:

  • Lioness
  • Herds of elephants
  • Herds of buffalo
  • 3 cheetah hunting
  • 4 lionesses within sight of the cheetah
  • Small river crossing of wildebeest
  • 4 lionesses with 4 cubs hunting zebra
  • 3 hyaenas with 8 cubs at den site

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The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 5

Fantastic interaction between 2 male lions, 3 large bull buffalo and 5 hyaena kept us busy for most of the morning as they squabbled over the rights to a zebra kill.  The single lioness with the 3 small cubs showed herself again as well as a pride of 16 lions later in the afternoon.  2 more lionesses with a wildebeest kill, a hyaena with 4 youngsters and a very obliging black rhino finished off our day just in time to get back to camp before a spectacular African storm rolled in.

Major sightings of the day:

  • 2 male lions on a zebra kill
  • 3 male buffaloes chasing the lions off their kill
  • 5 hyeana stealing the zebra kill
  • Lioness and 3 month old cubs
  • Many herds of elephants
  • Pride of 16 lions
  • A hippo with a new born calf
  • 2 lionesses with a wildebeest kill
  • Hyeana at a den site with 4 cubs
  • Black rhino

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