A Blissful Flutter with the Brat

[Richprins]

Interesting the first lions there, Flutts. They seem to be all young ones, noses still pink, all alone!


All sorts of action that morning!

[Flutterby]

That was pretty successful, even if you didn't get photos of the leopard. But watching him stalking and hunting probably still got the adrenalin pumping

Quite a lot of buffs there indeed

The adrenalin was definitely pumping!

Your patience ought to have been paid a little more, but at least you saw the leopard and it was "doing things"

Also the lions were moving around, which is far better than the usual flat ones

Yes, at least we saw the leopard.

Simply love that masses of buffaloes, Flutterby,

and always lovely to spot lions early in the morning especially when others drive straight past them

It's always nice to start the day with some lions.

Interesting the first lions there, Flutts. They seem to be all young ones, noses still pink, all alone!


All sorts of action that morning!

Yes, a busy morning indeed.

[Flutterby]

We headed back to camp and decided to get a drink on the deck. There were some ellies near the low-level bridge.



While enjoying the view, I noticed someone looking at me, and we seemed to recognise each other at the same time...it was Bushcraft! They had just arrived after driving up from Toti. We said hello to The Cow and 2 of the girls (Hawkeyes had stayed at home), and then we had a quick catch-up. Unfortunately, they were on their way to Skukuza, and as we were leaving the next day, we couldn't organise a get-together. We didn't chat long as they were tired and keen to get to camp and relax, but it was great to see them again.

For our afternoon drive, we decided to head up the H10 and back on the Mlondozi loop.

A hippo out of the water at the low-level bridge.



A buff in the water.



Pied Kingfisher.



Zebbies.



We finished the loop with time to spare so decided to head back down the H4-1. The big buffalo herd was still there.



A decent-sized ellie.



Purple-crested Lourie.



We went back to Sausage's tree and parked there for a while, only to see Bushcraft and Co. approaching. I had told them about our leopard sightings, and the lure of finding them was obviously greater than their weariness. Unfortunately, we didn't find him and soon had to head back to camp, but we did find the same 4 lions that we had seen in the morning.





For dinner, we had ribs and chicken and made the most of our last night in Kruger.

[Lisbeth]

Funny that you should run into Bushcraft and not very likely either

That's a lot of buffalos

A Purple-crested Lourie

A lot of food for the two of you or did you have guests for dinner At least I suppose that it would come in handy for lunch the next day.

Thank you for re-sizing

[Pumbaa]

Simply love that low level bridge close to camp - Sigh

and totally about that purple crested lourie shot

Thanks so much, Flutterby

[Richprins]

Aha! a Browns sighting!

Great stuff Flutts!

That ellie approaching on the game path reminds me of my sighting of Duke, almost identical and same area, but huge tusks!

And yummy food pic!

Me hungry now!

[RogerFraser]

Lovely sightings over the last two episodes with the Lions and Ellie

We have not stayed at Lower Sabie for about 10 years now love the area but not had the opportunity recently but working on resolving that soon we hope

Lovely braai pics. Last night

[ExFmem]

You two really had quite a number of wonderful sightings, and just the excitement of what the leopard MAY do is such a rush. The Lourie is gorgeous . So happy for your family time, both at sightings and in the more quiet evening hours. Precious and everlasting.

[Bushcraft]

Hey Flutts

It was great seeing you and Brat again

They had just arrived after driving up from Toti

We left Toti the day before, but had been up since 2am freezing our butts off in Lothair.

You guys had a really good trip sighting wise