Eventually I managed to organise the February update. It’s been quite a busy month and, regardless of the dense bush, it’s been also a very productive month. One of the highlights of the month was during a heavy downpour (the downpour wasn’t the highlight though). It was so heavy that we had to put down the canvas sides of the truck (something I hardly ever do, even with rainy weather). Soaking wet, we were basically making our way towards camp when we came across a leopard. With the sides down nobody could see a thing. So I reversed out of the sighting a fair distance away to roll up one of the sides. With the side up at least we got a view of the animal (a couple of spots through the bushes). Eventually it stood up and gave us great views of it walking through the bush. It got into a tree and there we noticed a kill on which it was happily feeding for a while. Hyenas gathered underneath. Since the leopard was pretty much done with the impala (with mostly the bones left), it dropped to the ground where the hyenas noisily enjoyed the scraps. The leopard remained in the tree for a while and gave us superb views. We scanned the area and also noticed one of her cubs lying under a tree. We did not expect to see anything during the downpour, but if I get sights like this I really don’t mind getting wet at all.
Total tours: 5 Total days: 17
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| Elephant | Rhino | Buffalo | Lion | Leopard | Cheetah | Wilddog | Hyena | Jackal |
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| Tour | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
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| Day | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
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| Sights | Y | 43 | Y | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
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| Nr | Y | 85 | Y | 39 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
Simon Vegter
Wild Wings Safaris
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