27th Skukuza to Talamati
We finally woke to a sunny morning which was welcome after 4 days of bad weather; however it was our coldest morning as most of the clouds cleared overnight, so we had to dress to undress during the day.
Our last 2 nights were at the bush camps Talamati and then Biyamiti and the idea was to use the time to just unwind and to spend all the time in camp after booking in and that plan hadn’t changed, however when it comes to the price and moving camps on your last 2 nights, I’m not so sure that it’s a smart plan.
The plan this morning was to head straight down to Lower Sabie as the gates open, up the H10 to Tshokwane and then to decide at Tshokwane on the route to Talamati. We could have shot straight up the H1-2 to Tshokwane, but I secretly wanted to find at least 1 more leopard and including Lower Sabie increased our chances.
The h4-1 was initially very quiet and we were throwing around theories like, it’s a sudden freezing morning, so maybe animals will only move once it warms up a little, etc, but the theories went out the window around 2km past the S79 southern entrance as moving spots appeared.
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The leopard was on the Cow’s side so I was squawking for her to make the calls on when to go forward which always creates tension, but she guided us to a prime spot because the leopard popped out the bush down the riverbank and then walked up onto the road in front of us and stopped.
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Not to forget the cute hyena youngsters
Good sighting though
