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 We were preparing to stop for sundowners at Double Dam when Sakhe noticed a pair of martial eagles circling the euphorbias in the valley. On closer inspection one of the raptors appeared to be carrying something in its talons. In the late afternoon light we were able to have a closer look, and saw the carcass of a helmeted guineafowl dangling below the...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 31 July 2008
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 Winter in the Eastern Cape is fantastic for many reasons in my opinion - and one of them is the great birding to be enjoyed around the stands of Aloe ferox scattered throughout Kwandwe. While sitting in one spot, we saw Greater and Lesser Double-collared sunbirds, Amethyst sunbirds, and one of Kwandwe's Star Birds, a Malachite sunbird varying its nectar...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 31 July 2008
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 Among the many unique smaller mammals that we find here, meerkats are perhaps the most entertaining. There are a few colonies scattered throughout Kwandwe, yet we seldom catch a glimpse of these sociable creatures due to dense vegetation and inaccessible den sites. This morning, we were delighted to find a family sunning themselves before the morning's...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 11 June 2008
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 Black rhinos in any situation are special to see. These mostly solitary animals feature quite regularly in our game viewing experiences down here at Kwandwe. So this particular gathering was a delight - three very relaxed black rhinos browsed slowly past our vehicle and gave us some exceptional photo opportunities.
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 11 June 2008
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I've got first-time safari goers with me and it's a great pleasure to see such enthusiasm. Our morning adventure began with us following a lioness and young male lion. The pair hunted a huge kudu bull through dense reeds flanking the river and chaos erupted - lions charging through thick bush, the kudu crashing on ahead giving us glimpses of his spiral...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 3 June 2008
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 The surface of Galpin Dam is often broken in certain areas by hundreds of circular ripples. If you look a bit closer, you'll see that they're caused by platannas popping up for air. We stopped for a break near the edge of the dam and watched a hamerkop take flight over the bobbing amphibians. To my astonishment, it then swooped across the the surface...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 31 May 2008
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 Walking in the bush is a firm favourite with me and I love being out there on foot. On this particular day I was in the same area where we had seen the aardvark just a few days ago. I couldn't believe our luck when we saw the same individual digging for ants and very unconcerned by our presence. This is such an unusual phenomenon, yet again in broad...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 24 May 2008
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 Strange things happen in the bush, sometimes when you least expect it.... I was telling my guests how it had been a while since I'd seen an aardvark. They'd been to Kwandwe often, were seasoned safari goers and had yet to see this elusive creature. As our words hung in the air, Graeme called over the radio that there was one extremely relaxed aardvark,...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 18 May 2008
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 We've been very fortunate with cheetah sightings lately, and on this particular afternoon our luck continued when we came across a female cheetah with five cubs. They had just killed an enormous kudu. Such large prey is relatively uncommon for cheetah, although on Kwandwe it does occur fairly frequently. Yet again, the light was just perfect and we...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 17 May 2008
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 We were close to Fort Dam when we saw two young cheetahs, a male and female whose mother had been killed by a leopard a couple of months ago. Happy to see that they had made it this far, we settled down to watch for a while. A short distance away was a small herd of springbuck, unaware of the cheetah siblings. We watched. And waited. Our patience was...
Posted: Kwandwe by Phill Steffny, Date: 10 May 2008
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