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 We where out following a pride of 7 young lions when they led us to a pack of wild dogs, well they where metal statues of wild dogs but the lions where not sure, so they approached slowly. The dogs never ran? After much confusion the lions got closer and started sniffing and pushing the statues around. After about 20 minutes all the dogs where on there...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 28 July 2008
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 We where out on drive on the far western side of the reserve in an area that we dont normally drive. When 3 strange white animals came wondering out of the bush, there where warthogs but none like I had ever seen. They where pure white!!! So we ignored the elephant and focused on the warthog, trying to work out what was going on. After about 30...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 28 July 2008
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 We where doing a bit of birding at one of the last water holes that have not dried up yet. When this little Three banded plover come flying past a full speed with 2 Blacksmith plovers in hot pursuit. They flew low over the water with the blacksmith plovers taking the chase in turns as the one would rest. This went on for about 15 – 20 minutes, every...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 28 July 2008
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 We had been looking for lions all day, and with a bit of luck managed to find 3 young males on the move, so we had been following them for about 10 minutes when they dissapered into some thick bush so we keeped driving in the direction we had lost them, when all of a sudden 3 black rhino steeped out about 100 meters in front of us. We stopped and waited...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 2 July 2008
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We had just finished a very late morning drinks stop and where slowly making our way back to the lodge, everyone was talking and laughing and just enjoying the day. Not really looking to hard, when something caught my attention. It was a Cheetah!!! At Madikwe we have a very small population, (1, maybe 2). So any cheetah is a great cheetah, so we...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 2 July 2008
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 With the reserve starting to get extremely dry the red billed queleas have started to form massive flocks of thousands, and the best place to see them is at one of the few water sources within that area. So yesterday we made our way to see these birds with the best time being sunset as this is when they come down to drink. Well it was better than I had...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 2 July 2008
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 It was just 2 guests and myself on drive. They had been here for a few days and where happy with what they had seen, so i told them about the 2 animals that i still had never seen. The Aardvark and Pangolin, showed them the pictures and discussed how we would never see one....... Well about 20 minutes later as it started to get dark, we saw it. The...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 17 June 2008
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We where out yesterday in hope of finding the wild dogs, so we stated by checking one of there favorite hunting areas. And with a bit of luck 3 popped out into the road, 2 minutes later the other 12 had joined and they where all greeting eachother. So off they they went towards a large vally where we all hoped they might find some Kudu or Impala, we...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 27 May 2008
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It all started with a peacefull lion sighting of 3 young lions which are part of a pride of 7. As we left we got a call saying a big male lion was chasing one of the young males staight towards us, not a minute later come this poor male flying out the bush with tthe big male after him, the youngsters then scattered, there where lion every where. So we...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 27 May 2008
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It was the first drive with a group a guests that had just arrived, with the one expectation being the wild dogs. So i explained that they haddent been seen for a while and we where not in the right area to see them. So off we went in search of anything. It was getting late when i got a call on the radio that they where briefly seen, we where close to...
Posted: Madikwe by Greg Smith, Date: 22 May 2008
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