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Cheetah cubs first kill

Monkeys alarm calling on the vlei open area, we follow up to find a female cheetah and 5 cubs. 2 and a half hours we left but what unfloded inbetween was a afternoon of photographing them in beautiful light, chasing warthogs then a slender mongoose. The climax was watchinbg the female chase a herd of impala towards the cubs. all hell broke loose and the...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 30 May 2008

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Lioness kills nyala bull

Lioness kills nyala bull Late evening and no luck with the north pride who continue to push further south they seemed to have dissapeared into the mountains. Feeling a little dispondent we headed off to look for spot and watch the sunset. Mary a guest of mine suddenly shouted lion ... we turned and with delight followed her. I noticed her mammary glands...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 29 April 2008

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Warthog Kill:

Warthog Kill: Sunise over kwandwe, we head out from river lodge. Not 5 minutes in we come across 2 lionesses and a year old cub. With the echoes of the newly dominant male coming from across the fish river they head South. As the moved through euphorbia thickets they flushed a sounder of warthogs. All hell broke loose as pigs went running everywhere with...

Posted: Kwandwe by Philip Mortlock, Date: 29 April 2008

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Congregating Animals:

Excited that the north pride male was making his way back north we went and sat with him by a body of water where he had spent the day. It was the later part of the aftrenoon as we hope to watch him wake and get moving. While we sat patiently, out of the shadows a crash of 3 white rhino came down and drank, the male graced them a glimps before resting...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 4 March 2008

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Congregating cats:

Its been several months now since rain has fallen in northen kwa zulu natal and the pans have dried up significantly. Its in hard time like these that animals congregate around water holes like they do in Namibia. Pipeline pan is now a buzz of activity both day and night. The north pride lioness and her 3 cubs have made it their own. Driven by thirts the...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 4 March 2008

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Photographic safari: Hunting cheetah

Over the last 7 days i have guided a photographic safari focusing on Lions and Cheetah. What came of spending hours and hours in the buch was not just amazing photos but experiences. Before the sun had risen on this partlicaular day Thembinkosi had spotted a male leopard while on our way to look for the lion pride. The always impresive array of buffalo...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 4 March 2008

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Maternal instinct:

I spoke recently about how the Phinda north pride had reunited and split up again. At the core of this behavour is a lion cub that seems to have ricketts. In the young lioness first littershe has 3 cubs that are now about 6 months old. acting a bit like a leopard she was very secrative with the youngsters for the first 4 months only seen occasionally on...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 17 February 2008

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Black and white Rhino spar

After searching for the small herd of buffalo all afternoon, success as my tracker spotted the unmistakable tips of the horns of a few animals in some tall thatching grass. The animals started towards the dam for a afternoon drink but not before they where joined by a Black rhino and 2 white rhino. Like an excited child the black rhino kept running around...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 12 February 2008

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Rhino VS Lion Standoff

The marsh i describe as paradise on earth - the pride had begun to split up again but not before a final show down. I sat with 2 photographers including Mike Karantonis our specialist and photographic guide as he enlightened us in the art. In place we snapped away at the 2 lionesses and the pride male as they sat perfectly on a dam wall with golden light...

Posted: Phinda by Philip Mortlock, Date: 8 February 2008

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Pride reunites

The pride re unites After 6 months of separation the north pride re united on the famous marsh. It all started when the 2 young males of the then pride of 7 separated and went south. Only weeks later the young lioness with heavy mammary glands went off to have her litter. 6 months later she still hadnt merged. The pride spent much time in the south yet...