Thursday, April 16, 2015

15 April 2015: - What does it look like when a leopard chases a herd of elephant?

After a good night's rest we were once again off on a game drive. Very soon we saw five elephants feeding very close to the road - what a magnificent sight it was. We were obviously on the look out for the big five. Fortune favours the brave and we were privileged enough to see two - elephant and buffalo. Much to our surprise we learnt that there also is a small five and an ugly five. Now, the search was really on.
In as much as we were searching for the big 5 we did not miss the sight of  a dung beetle going about its business, as well as, a chameleon.
The absolute highlight of the day was when Pieter spotted a leopard chasing a few elephant. Now we could tick another one of the big five off our list.
Later in the afternoon we were treated to an evening game drive. As we left our camp we were forced to stop as 30 elephant of all sizes crossed the road in front of us. Our checklist of animals spotted was further ticked when we saw hyena, a scary looking Mozambican spitting cobra, a spotted eagle owl and an very old buffalo bull. One of the game viewing groups came across a spectacular and frightening sight of a herd consisting of 100 buffalo.
That night reminiscing about the day we shared our experiences and recounting our sightings as we prepared for the journey back to Centurion the next day.






2 comments:

  1. The photo of the leopard will follow!

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  2. Lekker, lekker! Good to hear that the game viewing was good. Glad your close encounters with the elephants and buffalo saw you coming through unscathed. And now for the next day!

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