Once again, here is the update for the last month.
Things have been changing lately with the changing of the seasons. The bush is drying out and game becomes easier to spot in the long grass. Animals are also starting to congregate near the watering holes. Regardless of all the rain we’ve had, some areas seem to be drying extremely quickly, especially the further north one goes into the park. Looking at water availability at the moment I think it will be a very dry and challenging winter for the animals. The first fires have also appeared which all seem to be early control fires to reduce the fuel load and potentially ensure winter grazing if some late rains fall.
After a couple of cheetah-free months, this month was very exciting with cheetah sightings on every tour. The unpredictability of leopards proved itself again as I had 4 leopards in 4 tours, although, they all decided to show themselves on only one tour. A very entertaining tour it was though.
To make sense of the table, it reads as follow:
Row 1 – nr. of tours animals seen
Row 2 – nr. of days animals are seen
Row 3 – nr. of sightings of animal
Row 4 – nr. of individuals seen
Total tours: 4 Total days: 15
| Day | Elephant | Rhino | Buffalo | Lion | Leopard | Cheetah | Wilddog | Hyena | Jackal |
| Tour | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Day | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Sights | Y | 25 | Y | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Nr | Y | 47 | Y | 40 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
Simon Vegter
Wild Wings Safaris
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