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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The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 2

Cats and kills were the keywords of the day. A cheetah chasing and catching a thomson’s gazelle started us off, and was quickly followed by a large male lion dragging his topi kill away from some vultures that looked a little too interested for his liking. The single lioness with the 3 small cubs were working their way through a large zebra kill, while the mother with the 4 cubs played happily next to a warthog that didn’t make it. Earlier on on the day, we found 6 sub-adult lions reuniting after being briefly separated, and in between all the cat action, many herds of elephants were seen along with numerous buffaloes.

Major sightings of the day: