The South African Predators Safari: Day 10

Unfortunately, every great safari has to come to an end, but luckily, no great safari need stop end in disappointment! What a final day to end off with! A pride of 8 lions were out and about early in the morning, moving around and playing with each other. The beautiful morning light didn’t hurt one bit, as the cameras started off on the right note. Shortly after these lions, we found a female leopard and her 2 young cubs, around 12 weeks old. She was moving them from the site of her last kill, to a new, safe den site. We were lucky enough to catch them on the move, and got plenty of opportunities to photograph them out in the open. What a privilege to see these little balls of fluff and spots running around, trying to keep up with mom. We then decided to stop for a civilised cup of tea and coffee, and a couple big male elephants came down tot he river for a drink. It is awesome when it all comes together. It really was an amazing safari, with a great group of guests!

Major sightings of the day:

Pride of 8 lions

Male rhino

Female leopard and 2 cubs

2 male elephants

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The South African Predators Safari: Day 7

The day was dotted with elephant herds throughout, so we had plenty opportunities to photograph them, which is always great fun. There were several big moments between the elephants though; a leopard and her young cub feeding on an impala high in a tree, a pride of lions lying all around us and a very quick look at the very difficult to find honey badger! It was a great day on safari.

Major sightings of the day:

Several herds of elephants

Spotted hyenas at their den

Honey badger

Leopard and cub feeding in a tree

Pride of 7 lions

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The South African Predators Safari: Day 6

After a great few days down in the Cape, we were welcomed to the wilds by some very warm weather, and several herds of elephants. We spotted quite a few animals from the plane before even landing, which seemed to set the tone for the day, because we got off to a flyer! Two male rhinos having a serious disagreement meant the cameras were put to work early into the first drive, and a male leopard kept them clicking. You couldn’t ask for a better start to this leg of the photo safari.

Major sightings of the day:

Several herds of elephants

Hippo

4 male buffalo

4 rhinos, 2 males fighting

Male leopard

White tailed mongoose eating tortoise eggs

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The South African Predators Safari: Day 1 – 5

As always, we started this wonderful photo safari in the beautiful city of Cape Town, and spent the first few days seeing all that the city has to offer. We hit all the hotspots, including the always entertaining penguins which got the cameras working nice and early. The winds did pick up over the stay unfortunately, meaning that the great white shark excursions were called off, but we found ourselves face to face with the massive southern right whales instead! A great start to a great safari.

The Tanzania Safari: Day 11

Our final morning safari finished us off on the right note. We had kept a bird list throughout the safari, and needed a few more birds to break the elusive 200 mark, which we did comfortably. There were many buffalos out and about, as well as a large male elephant. 2 black-backed jackals kept us company for a good while, but the prize went to a lonely hippo that was making its way back to the river; it caught wind of us and made a breaking run – great for the cameras! Finishing a photo safari always drops the lips a little, but it is made easier when you finish with amazing images!

Major sightings of the day:

Many sightings of male buffalos

2 black-backed jackals

1 male elephant

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