After a great drive in the morning which comprised of watching hippos, rhinos and elephants as well as an incredible tracking mission to find the lions we headed down to the river for a quick look and a cup of coffee. It was a fitting end to a great couple of days with some amazing guests. After they left it was time for a bit of R&R before my new guests arrived.
My new guests had just come from a reserve in Limpopo and had see a great deal there. The few things they missed out on were leopard and buffalo and the mission for the afternoon was to find just that. Within a half an hour of the safari our big male, 'M', was found and he was looking hungry. When we got into the sighting he was up on a termite mound keenly surveying his surrounding looking for some food. He spotted some warthog on the edge of the tree line and decide to make a move for them. Stalking through the long grass he made his appraoch and before we knew it all we heard was the squealing pig as he sunk his teeth in. We got to him and he was busy suffocating the warthog. What a rush. First time my guests have seen leopard and within the first 15 minutes they have seen a kill. We watched for a while as he moved it around trying to find a suitable tree to stash his prize in!
This morning started off with a pride of lions from the South that had found their way onto the property which is a little out of their normal territory. This makes we wonder what new dynamics are going to start happening around Sabi Sabi with regards to reshuffling of lion territories. Our dominant males have been all but invisible for the last 2 weeks and the other lions in the area have started to realise that there is a gap in the market. We will just have to wait and see how it all pans out.
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