White Lion

We left early today, 16th, and followed the S90 to the S41.

At the Gudzani East waterhole we found a pride of Lion around the waterhole.

Girvana waterhole Saddle bill fishing for frogs

 Zebra at Girvana

Hyaena at a den just outside Satara

Zebra accumulating at the waterhole unaware that a Lion is hiding in the long grass.

You can just see the Lion in the grass at the waterhole

Chaos as the Lion charges 

You can see the Lion in the center

Lion on the heals of a Zebra, Zebra kicking.
enlarge to see the action. I had the camera on rapid shoot, this is the best shot I got.

Lion chasing Zebra increasing distance and getting away.

lions returning after the chase

Our white Lion making an appearance

He is my Brother, walking together, a clear indication of the colour variation.

  Moved between our car and the road.

Enlarge to spot the Lion in the grass on the other side of the trough

Our site at Satara

Honey Badger early this morning raiding the tents.

Satara week 1

Been at Satara for 5 nights already, we have a great site, probably the best, and I have managed to book it for next year May. Collected Tori from Hoedspruit airport on Tuesday 8 Aug. for a 6 night stay, great to have her with us.

Been a bit lazy with blog updates, we have had incredible sightings around Satara, especially Lion.

We have the nightly patrol of Hyaena along the fence right next to our caravan, we also saw the African wild cat. We are chorused by Jackal and Hyaena as well as the occasional Lion roar at night.

Tori and I went on a sunset drive we saw Lion and a magnificent Leopard on the road next to the truck, one of the best night drives I have been on.

we saw 9 of  the Sweni pride on the Sweni road, there are up to 30 lions in the pride. they have not been seen in this area for at least 6 months. so this was a first.

After we left another 11 arrived.

we had breakfast at Manzanzene.

Went on a sunset drive and witnessed this beautiful sunset.

on the drive

on our way back to camp quite close to Satara we came across this Leopard on the road, we followed him/her for at least 2 Km.

 This morning 12th we had our first close up with Cheetah

These 2 have been seen around Satara often lately.
the one has an injured leg and was limping badly.

 On the same drive on the S100 we came across these 3 Lionesses crossing the road

They were so close that this photo was taken without a zoom, next to the car.

Baboons sleeping and catching the first rays of the sun on the S100

Close up inquisitive Impala 

Zebra drinking in the Nwanedzi river.

on the same drive towards the end of the S100 we saw this Bateleur Eagle catch a snake

It flew up into the tree and started to devour the snake.

Blog post by Tori:

I flew up to the Kruger through Hoedspruit; had a lovely scenic flight. Our fist morning was lovely as we saw 4 of the big 5 (Leopard- we caught him/her hiding in the tree, Lions- we saw a pride of lions with a white lion, Buffalos & Elephants) the only animal we didn’t see was the Rhino.

Our second morning was just as exciting; we saw a pride of lions first thing this morning on the way to Olifants as well as buffalo & Elephants. I then drove us back to camp from Olifants which was so much fun. It’s been the best trip so far & I can’t wait for the next few days, I’m hoping we see a cheetah, rhino and some more leopards. 

Male juvenile white lion seen on the S41.












Yawning male white Lion on the S41.











Elephant herd with baby elephant seen on the S100.

Mother giraffe & baby giraffe at a drinking hole, the baby giraffe was getting the hang of drinking from the watering hole.

Our white lion.

Herd of zebra embracing. 

Juvenile male white lion on the S41.