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 Mornings in the bush are always great, crisp, fresh and clean, no to mention cool. Christmas mornings are also interesting, we may not have snow, but we do have animals. This particular Christmas morning was one of the best in my career. We set off on game drive towards the river adjacent to the camp looking for any signs of Lion or even Leopard. We had...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 29 December 2009
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 A few nights ago myself and Richard had a group of guests that had just come in from a few nights stay up at Ngala. At tea we chatted to them to see what they had seen and to try and get an idea of what they maybe wanted to see at Exeter. It was clear from the get go that these guys meant business and action was high on the agenda. They proceeded to tell...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 23 December 2009
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 We were on our way into the south of the reserve when we passed a dam and suddenly disturbed a huge Marshal Eagle sitting in a tree with a fresh Water Monitor kill. It was fascinating to see how large the water monitor was and immediately we all felt a huge sense of amazement at how powerful the Marshal Eagle must have been to subdue such a creature. It’s...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 23 December 2009
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 After a phenomenal sighting the night before with the female leopard and the Impala lamb kill, I was quietly pessimistic that we could possibly manage to “out do” the previous drive. The whole drive ended up being very relaxing and very much a “bumble and see” experience, not really working on any particular plan. We had already seen 4 male lions sleeping...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 17 November 2009
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 The weather has been terrible here the last few days, with rain and cold winds which has made game viewing quite difficult. So this evenings viewing was quite unexpected! As we left the camp, my colleague Mac radioed me to let me know that he had just found a female leopard with an Impala lamb, the lamb was reportedly still alive. We raced over there as...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 16 November 2009
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Lambing season has just begun. There have been a number of early Impala lambs already seen this season, which is great news for the predators. Normally most of the impala births peak in January, with that there is safety in numbers and with the “flooding of the market” there is a higher survival rate. The early lambs are mostly picked off pretty quick and...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 12 November 2009
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 A dazzling experience We were on the lookout for two leopards that were seen the night before from the dinning area chasing each other around the clearings right in front of the camp. Myself and Keri headed out towards portion 5 east of the camp, where we thought they might have headed and unfortunately were unable to find anything conclusive. As we were...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 3 September 2009
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This was just one of those drives where we couldn’t go wrong. We had; from start to finish; just some of the most perfect experiences you could ever ask for on safari. We started our afternoon safari off by tracking and finding a couple of buffalo bulls along the river, just west of River Lodge camp on the opposite side of the river. After spending some...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 11 July 2009
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 One of the resident prides of lions, the Ottawa Pride, amazed us all on the 17th June when they managed to kill a full grown adult male Giraffe. Looking at the tracks and the way that the Giraffe was positioned we could see that he had been chased and possibly lost his footing and fell. It was not just the kill and the fact that it was a Giraffe that was...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 2 July 2009
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 Just a quick update for anyone that might be interested. I will warn you that the news is not great. The young little lion cub that was with the Ximungwe pride went missing a few weeks ago and has not been seen again. We are very sure that it has died. We are not sure wat happened but assume that Hyena's could have got hold if it. The leopardess in the...
Posted: Exeter Lodges by Craig Paulsen, Date: 2 July 2009
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