June update

It's been quite a busy month during the World Cup activities. I've spent
most of my safaris up north around Mopani, Letaba and Olifants camps. It's
been quite a treat with lots of buffalo and elephant sightings. Lions and
Rhinos were a bit harder to find in the dense mopani bush, but those I've
manage to locate around the open grasslands of Satara. We've also had the
odd specials like cheetah, wild dog, and tsessebes. One of the highlights
was finding lions feeding on a young giraffe they caught earlier that day.
They were still busy eating when suddenly the adults paid particular
attention to the other side of the road. They started to hunt and went into
a chase which flushed the zebras from the bushes. Fortunately for the zebra
the lions were unsuccessful. It was interesting to see lions hunt before
their previous kill have been finished. I guess they realised that the small
giraffe was not going to be enough for all 5 lions. However, having been
unsuccesful, they have to make do with what little meat they had left.