Last night we launched our first installment of our real time safari idea; and it was a roaring success. Every Wednesday, on the evening game drive, our rangers head out into the African bush and report wildlife sightings to the office based team. Sightings and images go live instantly, creating an atmosphere of a virtual safari. You can now go on a game drive while sitting behind your laptop or mobile phone. This gives you the opportunity to be there with us when we head into the unknown.
So let’s recap. Our sightings last night on the game drives were nothing short of epic. Umkumbe Safari Lodge started off their drive with an elephant and buffalo sighting 3 minutes after the game drive began. We received the images and reports quite literally as the vehicle revved its engine! Two of the big five in 3 minutes – now that is record breaking stuff. nDzuti Safari Camp was also off to a flying start, with sightings of hippo pods (with calf), rhino, giraffe and kudu at the nDzuti main dam.
Shortly after the sundowners took place at Africa on Foot, we received exciting news. A female leopard was spotted at Twala Dam ! Then came the report of the lions from our nThambo Tree Camp and Africa on Foot rangers. The Trilogy boys were spotted, with full bellies, resting under the thicket of the trees. And our biggest surprise? 4 females from the Ross Pride were also in the vicinity. This is unusual – we normally only spot two of the breakaway females. What does this mean? Are the Ross Pride back? We’ll have to wait and see.
nDzuti Safari Camp tracked lions which were seen near the riverbed. We’re going to monitor this pride closely and see what transpires.
All in all, the Kruger camps seemed to have had huge success last night with their game viewing.
Below are screenshots of our live safari feed. The real action happens here:
#livebushfeed
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John S. Mead