Kirkman's Kamp, with its spectacular views of the unspoilt wilderness and the Sabi Sand River, is regarded as one of the best loved lodges in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. A well known historic camp, originally built in the early 1920's Kirkmans Kamp celebrates the atmosphere of an early South African lowveld homestead.
OTTER
In the evening light at rocky crossing I was just thinking that it was odd that elephant dung would be floating so high in the water channel. That was until it moved!!!! All at once my self and tracker Rob jumped into action. Rob had the spotlight on it in seconds and I was... well i am not sure. Our guests thought we had gone mad! We were so excited about this find. I
It was a cape clawless otter, in the middle of the water channel, walking out of the deep water into the shallow water and across the river.
You may wonder why were so excited with this find, Rob has been at Kirkmans Kamp 8 years and never seen an otter, I spend my free time walking up and down rivers fishing and till this evening had only seen 1 other otter. We see sign occasionally but very very seldom the animal. I recently read an article about a rare 1.3 m otter being seen for the first time since 1997 in Borneo and it occurred to me what other animals live around me that I never see….
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