Lucky! Lucky's luckiness was further proven the next day when we spotted three hyenas on their way back from the night's hunting & then shortly thereafter, we saw a giraffe come galloping out of the bush on a nearby island & then MD heard why. One of the other guides was saying on the radio that they had spotted some lions nearby! Let's go!! We bolted across the savannah, heading to the lions' location & as we did so, we spotted another one heading ...

Routine ... with touches of excitement The vast majority of our walks are very routine: walking for quite a while, looking at tracks, examining poo, stopping to look at the horizon with binoculars & spotting the animals that saw us ages ago so are usually 100-500m off in the distance. However, sometimes there's the excitement of finding something up close (a squirrel, honey badger, herd of zebras, troupe of baboons, hundreds of red lentshwee antelopes o...

Everything tells a story Out on our walks, everything paints a picture & tells a story ... if you know how to read it. The way an animal is standing might tell you there's a predator nearby. A particular type of bird flying overhead tells you there's a lion nearby. Vultures circling tell you where the lion's kill is. A cloud of dust in the distance might mean a herd of animals was disturbed. Everything tells a story. Often the story is written in trac...

The Vastness of the Land The morning started with our usual muffin & Lucky insisted I have some tea so I relented to keep him happy. We then headed off at about 6.45am as the sun was rising. Most of our walks are done in silence as we don't want to disturb the animals plus conversation is more difficult when I'm following along behind. This leaves a lot of time to look around, admire the beauty of Africa & contemplate life's big questions like, "I wo...

Let's go Buffalo We were all up early the next morning & chatted for a while in the cold as all the normal people drank their coffees or teas & I drank some cold water. Yes, I'm strange, I know. Poor Yaz had "quite a large headache" but was absolutely certain it had nothing to do with the 4 Savannahs from the night before ...! After munching on a muffin, we all went out to catch a glimpse of the herd of buffalo that had been spotted, just across the ...