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LEOPARD KILL!

From the morning tracks eventually Eric (the tracker) managed to find the Shikavi leopardess resting up in the thickets close to the Shonalee Dam behind River Lodge. After 15 minutes the leopard got up and walked slowly away looking for cooler shadier spot. We followed. Suddenly the presence of an animal, we were unable to see, changed her behaviour...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Ryan Archibald, Date: 4 February 2010

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Wild Dogs Face Down Elephant

There is nothing very subtle about an African Wild Dog, which is what makes them such wonderful animals to follow on a game drive. What looks like chaos, with dogs running first one way, then the next, is actually a well-orchestrated and very effective hunting technique. We watched as a pack of six wild dogs chased impala in their erratic,...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Keri-Ann McDonald, Date: 1 February 2010

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Impala eating an impala?

Armed with new cameras and binoculars James, Patrick, Jay, Anil, and Okan wanted to see all they could, and take as many photographs as possible. The most interesting of the sightings happening when we drove past a herd of impala. A ewe on the outskirts of the herd lifted its head up and instead of chewing away at the new juicy green grass, it was...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Ryan Archibald, Date: 28 January 2010

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Lioness on her way to the den

Zebra's and Girraffe are a bit of a challenge to find this time of year with all the good rains and lush bush. So the morning gameplan was to find them. But a fresh Lioness track changed all that. We followed the tracks for about 50m then there she was coming in the opposite direction of the tracks. She walked right past us with a very full belly and...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by William Moss, Date: 26 January 2010

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Like a virgin

It all started in the morning before drive, while I was waiting for Zwaai to come, i heard what sounded like bones crunching just on the other side of the fence where the vehicle was parked. When Zwaai got there i told him what i heard, so we went to investigate and when we got there we saw my favourite female leopard watching her freshly killed impala...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Parsons, Date: 25 January 2010

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1st dog kill in 11 years

I had guest arrive from Sweden and they had been to Phinda and Ngala and i asked them at tea that afternoon what would they still like to see, cause being to two of our other lodges, I was guessing that they had seen pretty much everything. I was quiet shocked that they hadn't seen leopard and not so shocked that they hadn't seen wild dog cause they are...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Parsons, Date: 25 January 2010

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Lioness and cub chase cheetah

It was a lovely cool morning and my guests were desperate for cheetahs. So we headed to the southern side of the reserve where there are some open plains and was our best chance of finding them. On our way to the area another ranger called in tracks of a male cheetah so we headed straight there so that Isaak could work his magic. We followed the tracks...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by William Moss, Date: 25 January 2010

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African Wild Dog Success

A pack of African Wild Dogs had been followed for most of the morning, and by the time we approached their position at 7.30am they had already killed a juvenile impala. Their heads, necks and front legs were covered with fresh bright blood and they were still sniffing around after finishing the last scraps. After some time, as is typical of Wild Dogs...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Keri-Ann McDonald, Date: 21 January 2010

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Wild dog Hunt

Now we all know how special it is to see wild dogs, and how lucky we are here at Exeter to have a few decent sized packs in there area on occasion but this mornings drive was truly spectacular! We tracked them for a good half hour before we found them but they quickly set off into thick bush hunting, it was a very difficult area to follow them through,...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Justin Hall, Date: 11 January 2010

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Beauty and the Beast

I saw something this morning that i have only ever seen in wildlife documentaries, whilst driving along the Sand river we saw a small group of elephants crossing the water towards us, there were two females, a young calf and three big bulls, one of which has to be one of the biggest bull elephants i have ever seen and it just so happened that he was in...

Posted: Exeter Lodges by Justin Hall, Date: 11 January 2010

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