The Great Migration Safari 2013: Day 1

What a start!  We seemed to pick up right where we left off last year – the big 5 on the first afternoon.  The rarest of the five, the black rhino came out early in the afternoon, and the leopard (which completed the set) arrived out of the darkness on our way back to camp.  The afternoon was all about lions however, and a female with 4 small cubs kept our cameras clicking most of the afternoon.  Another lioness with 3 little cubs tucking into a fresh warthog kill also welcomed us back.

Major sightings of the day:

  • Elephants
  • Buffaloes
  • 1 lioness with 3 small cubs on a warthog kill
  • 1 lioness with 4 small cubs
  • Black rhino
  • Hyaenas being chased by zebra
  • 1 lioness
  • Leopard

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The Tiger Safari 2013: Day 7

The final day of this amazing safari started off with great excitement, as we saw the first of four new mammals for the safari, a leopard walking along the wall of the fort.  The other new species of mammal were the Indian gazelle, the rhesus macaque and a golden jackal.  We had no luck with the tigers, but did find a fresh tiger kill; an unlucky spotted deer.

Overall we saw 6 different tigers, a sloth bear, leopard, golden jackal, several species of mammals, and over 100 different bird species!  I am already counting down the days until The Tiger Safari 2014!

Major sightings of the day:

  • Leopard
  • Golden jackal
  • Nilgai or blue bull
  • Samba deer
  • Spotted deer
  • Langur monkeys
  • Indian spotted owlet
  • Many different bird species