I will be covering all the wonderful sightings that happened during June 2022, and what a lucky month we have had. Welcome to another Ranger Diaries Report by our ranger, Ruan.
Leopard:
Leopard sightings have been really good, throughout the traverse. The popular Manzi and her 2 youngsters are still sighted around the lodge quite often and they have been very successful…
Lion:
Lion sightings have been very good, and they have kept us on our toes. With the many bellies to fill we have seen them split more often, so we have been finding tracks all over the traverse…
Elephant:
Elephant sightings throughout the traverse has been very eventful, they have been all over and if I say all over, I mean everywhere, before and after game drive, during brunch, during afternoon tea…
Buffalo:
Buffalo herds have been scarce, even though we have been lucky on 2 occasions finding a nice large herd on our western border…
Hyena:
They are still the apex predator in our area and they rule the Malembeni area all the way to the lodge. There are a few pups around and they all range from +/- 6 weeks to 7 months, at least 3 or 4 different litters…
Highlight of the month:
Both AD and I received new guests and decided to just drive our own property for the afternoon, we both closed down for drinks. I decided to drive up and down between the two watering holes, I drove from Malembeni* (the waterhole where we have our photographic bunker known as ‘iThumbela’ – we highly recommend booking this for an exclusive widllife sighting experience during your stay! Contact us for more information.) to the Windmill and sat there for a few minutes, listening for any vocals or alarm calls, nothing, dead quiet. I decided to drive down to Malembeni again, and as we get there…
Read the full exciting Ranger Diaries report here to find out more!!!
