We made an early start to look for Wild Dog, we drove along the roads mentioned in the WhatsApp without much luck. We did find an eagle owl roosting on a branch and a short sighting of a Leopard in a dry pan which walked into the bush near the junction at 5. A Researcher drove past us with a radio tracker so we went to the junction, then turned round and caught up with researcher. She was happy for us to follow her as she was tracking the pack and soon one dog came onto the road and started running along it. We followed until it turned off into the bush, most of us getting reasonable photos except for me, I only managed one through the windscreen.
We returned to camp for breakfast, to pack up and settle up our bills before heading out again. We decided to drive to the Mphala hide when news came of Cheetah on 24i so we returned to car, drove out and down to the road. Our first drive to junction 24 saw no sign but on return Jake spotted a head at the bottom of a bush, then found there were three cubs, all lounging around, sitting up, lying down and generally chilling. We watched until the mother got up and looked out, then slowly walked through to some bushes and out of sight. The cubs followed. We drove forward a bit, and just saw maybe a fifth one joining them. It was then time to head out.
We stopped in Mpila for the loo and ice cream, then drove out to N2 and down to Dlinza and Sugarhill Manor. The house was open and empty when we arrived . A helpful young man managed to contact the host, Graham, who was playing golf and he returned, sorted out our rooms and gave us some welcome juice. He suggested a take away, but we couldn’t connect so went with Graham to order. It shut at 6 so went back to Mcdonalds and settled for a burger.
Some friends of Jake and Barny, turned up from Kruger, so we spent some time chatting before turning in ready for the drive back to the airport next morning.
No comments:
Post a Comment