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It all started at around 00h00 this morning when I was awoken but the mighty distress bellow of a cape buffalo just a few hundred meter away from my room door. The buffalo killers were out and about again and not long after there last meal. The noises carried on from twelve till about three in the morning missing the first Buffalo bull they tried again...
Posted: Ngala by Mark Shaw, Date: 15 September 2009
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 Following a leopard on Ngala is not always that easy because of some really thick vegetation around the river’s where we find most of our leopard on Ngala. This morning the morning of the 10th we were so lucky to keep up with one of these magnificent animals. On our way to find the leopard there was some Impala approaching a watering hole on the bank of...
Posted: Ngala by Mark Shaw, Date: 11 September 2009
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At the present moment we on Ngala have about three resident prides of Lions. One pride consisting of 17 animals and they are often seen along the eastern parts of our property then the other is seen on the west and south west of the property then the last one is seen up in the north and they are lions of Ngala at the moment. These animals consist of 5...
Posted: Ngala by Mark Shaw, Date: 11 September 2009
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It was a cool, cloudy morning as we made our way along the banks of the Timbavati River hoping to find fresh leopard tracks. It wasn’t long before Dyke called to say that he’d found her resting in the river bed itself. We headed straight there and watched as she surveyed the area. A grey duiker, unaware of her presence, made its way down the bank towards...
Posted: Ngala by Ray Hume, Date: 10 September 2009
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The first sighting was early yesterday morning. Elliot had a brief glimpse of a black rhino running through the dense Mopane brush and before anyone could get there it had disappeared. A few vehicles checked the area but couldn't relocate the elusive bull. This morning we headed out west and wasn't long before Jimmy summoned me to stop. "Black rhino" was...
Posted: Ngala by Ray Hume, Date: 7 September 2009
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 We were tracking rhino... In the distance Ernest spotted a cloud of dust coming from a herd of buffalo. So we decided to check the nearest waterhole - Big Dam. Just as we arrived, so did the herd of about 400 buffalo, thirsty after a hot day. The hippos just watched - and honked a bit. As we were leaving to continue looking for rhino, some heads appeared:...
Posted: Ngala by Alastair Kilpin, Date: 5 August 2009
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While photographing some Helmeted Guineafowl this morning drinking at on of our pans on Ngala this morning we noticed that some of them were spooked by some thing as they were moving off thinking it might be a small predator like a African Wild cat or even a Survil we scanned the area around the pan with or binoculars, so if there was a small predator we...
Posted: Ngala by Mark Shaw, Date: 4 August 2009
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Normally the mornings start out a little quiet then get busy with some good game viewing, this morning started a little differently with in a few minuets of drive some of the guest had seen elephant and not long after that there was a cheetah spotted on a Impala kill busy feeding. On the other side of the reserve there was two young male leopard found...
Posted: Ngala by Mark Shaw, Date: 4 August 2009
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 I have waited many long years to finally see the mythical Pangolin. One fine Ngala evening, with hyenas whooping, there was a real buzz. All protocol abandoned as most guests on the reserve came to one sighting. It was curled up, showing only its intricate, but tough scales - perhaps wondering how the lions had now learned to talk! For some people the...
Posted: Ngala by Alastair Kilpin, Date: 30 July 2009
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Rhino sighting are always such a treat because of were they have come from, been almost extinct, two an almost stable number in the Kruger National Park since the late 60’s. Also from when I started working on Ngala I remember how we use to battle to find Rhino and when we did they use to run away from us, well now only five years later there numbers have...
Posted: Ngala by Mark Shaw, Date: 29 July 2009
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