Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, Rhino Heaven

[Richprins]

Very nice scenic shots, Pedro!

[Mel]

I love those sunset colours

[pedro maia]

Richprins and mel, hanks for your comments.

[Flutterby]

Those bush walks really do get the adrenaline going, especially with a rhino sighting as well!

I have to say I preferred the Imfolozi side of the park, seemed to be more game around.

[pedro maia]

Those bush walks really do get the adrenaline going, especially with a rhino sighting as well!

I have to say I preferred the Imfolozi side of the park, seemed to be more game around.

We spent very few time at Imfolozi, it´s too far from the lodge to go from there on a game drive.

[pedro maia]

All sightings are appreciated but a safari isn´t complete if you don´t get to see predators, and our guide, Sinde, made quite an effort to find us predators.

On our second afternoon drive, on the gravel road back to the lodge when it was already dark we saw three hyena, one of them running in front of our car, but they vanished inside the bush before we could take any pictures.

We also saw a lion but he was so distant that only with binoculars you could see (more or less) that it was a lion, I don´t know how did someone find that lion there (it was pointed to us by someone in another car).

Can you see anything here?



Ok, maybe here but you´ll have to trust me when I say that´s a lion





We went a couple of times to a place where Sinde was quite sure that there were lions because from time to time we could here chewing noises but we saw nothing, and in our last morning there were wild dogs in that same place, one researcher was there tracking them, he saw them briefly but they were sleeping and didn´t came out both times we went there, which was really a pity since wild dogs were number one in my wish list.

Finally, Sinde received a message on the radio saying some lions were spotted and so we went to the spot, and there they were, four very sleepy males.







This one showed his head, groomed himself a little bit, but soon got back to his laziness















Without any action we went for our morning coffee-break and returned afterwards, we could still see two of them , some buffalo arrived and the other two went away, we hoped for interaction between lion and buffalo but it didn´t happen, none of them seem to be interest in a confrontation and eventually we had to leave.



Lion on the left, buffalo on the right

[Flutterby]

At least you saw some lions! That first lion was well-spotted!

[Alf]

Way too close to that rhino on the walk

Sleeping lions. Lazy bunch

[Lisbeth]

Lovely scenery

Luckily you got to see some lions, even if sleepy ones

[Dewi]

Just caught up with you here Pedro.

Looks like a great reserve to visit, very scenic and plenty of wildlife to see.

Looking forward to more pics from you here.