20 different lions (well, Spots got 26
)6 different brownies
4 different leopards
3 different cheetah
2 different wild cats
2 different melanistic gabar goshawks
1 carcal on 2 occasion
New ticks for:
brown-hooded kingfisher
pearl-spotted owlet
Ludwig’s bustard
Burchell’s sandgrouse
African grey hornbill
Cape shovelers
First time sightings in KTP of a baby kori bustard, a grey-headed heron, an Egyptian goose, an Acadia pied barbet and a jackal buzzard.
More than the usual amount of sightings of martial eagle, red-necked falcons, pygmy falcons, different kind of owls.
Some interesting and / or funny animal and bird behaviour we hadn’t watched before.
The excitement of having a Cape cobra in the unit and sharing your bedroom and shower with tons of bats.
The unexpected sighting of a herd of elands.
Witnessing several proper Kalahari thunderstorms.
But the three top sightings remain:
Watching a leopard kill a jackal. Walking with the very same leopard before watching her feeding at very close range.
Watching the PCG and Cape cobra interaction.
Getting to see a caracal for the first time in KTP and a quality sighting on top of it.
On the not so wild side:
Meeting lots and lots of great people along the way.
Having the best camp assistants you could fathom.
Meeting nan and getting to spend quite some time with her.
