Africa Wild

Oh, my word. Those pups are too cute for words with their bulging bellies, their clumsiness and their ears that appear even bigger in realtion to their heads compared to an adult

Catching up a few episodes .

What lovely Doggies and those are very young puppies

That is a really bright moon .

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:20 am Great video and the cubs are adorable Mom needs a bit of convincing to open the milk bar

Yes, those pups were really cute!

Richprins wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:53 am What a leisurely wild dog sighting, Flutts!

And that is some serious moon there!

It was lovely to just sit back and watch the show.

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 12:35 pm What a fantastic wild do sighting, Flutterby

and amazing shots you got

Yes, a lovely sighting indeed.

Mel wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:29 pm Oh, my word. Those pups are too cute for words with their bulging bellies, their clumsiness and their ears that appear even bigger in realtion to their heads compared to an adult

We were very lucky to see such young and cute pups.

RogerFraser wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 9:39 pm Catching up a few episodes .

What lovely Doggies and those are very young puppies

That is a really bright moon .

Yes, the youngest pups we have ever seen. It was a full moon.

Our route for the next morning was along the H7, onto the S39, S40 and back onto the H7.

It was an overcast day and the wind was still blowing.

Nsemani



As we approached the turn-off to the S39, we found some spots...two cheetahs!!













There was only 1 other car at the sighting and we watched them for about 10 minutes before they moved off.

A female ellie with a strange tusk.



On the S39, we came across a stationary car. The driver waved us down and told us there was a very aggressive ellie just around the corner, so they had reversed out of the way. We decided to venture on cautiously and eventually found the ellie about 500 metres further on. It was a large bull standing in the road and eating from the trees on the edge of the road. There was no way were going to get past until he moved off, so we waited...and waited...and waited! We only took videos of him so these are some screenshots.



After sitting there for about 20 minutes a small breeding herd arrived and also decided the road was a good place to stand.



We had been stuck here for about 45 minutes and there was now a queue of cars behind us, and on the other side of the ellies! Thankfully, someone behind us was feeling braver than we were and slowly inched their way past, giving the ellies some encouragement to move off!



On the S40 we found this Martial with a Swainson's Spurfowl.



We had no other noteworthy sightings and the weather had taken a turn for the worse. The wind had picked up even more, it was raining intermittently and it was freezing cold. When we got back to camp it was too cold to sit on the verandah, so we decided to take a catnap under the blankets.

Lovely cheetahs

The big elephant bull looks rather "I am the boss"

45 minutes is a long time to just sit there watching someone eating

Flutterby , when where the Cheetah photo's taken, we got them the 24 October also at the S39 turn off and the 1 photo looks close to mine of the Cheetah lying next to the ant hill

You certainly hit the jackpot with that wild dog puppy sighting

The cheetahs aren't too bad either

Nice sightings, Flutts!

Cheetah!

And stupid ellies!

Not the worst place in the world to have a nap!

WoW Flutterby,

what incredible cheetah sighting you had a pity they only allowed 10 minutes

and those ellie bulls blocking the road are always a story to themselves

Good to see Nsemani had still water

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:08 am Lovely cheetahs

The big elephant bull looks rather "I am the boss"

45 minutes is a long time to just sit there watching someone eating

A very long time!

PRWIN wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:58 am Flutterby , when where the Cheetah photo's taken, we got them the 24 October also at the S39 turn off and the 1 photo looks close to mine of the Cheetah lying next to the ant hill

Hey PRWIN, these were taken in September.

ExFmem wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 12:55 am You certainly hit the jackpot with that wild dog puppy sighting

The cheetahs aren't too bad either

Yes, the wild dog pups were a treat.

Richprins wrote: ↑Sat Nov 13, 2021 4:26 pm Nice sightings, Flutts!

Cheetah!

And stupid ellies!

Not the worst place in the world to have a nap!

Thanks RP.

Pumbaa wrote: ↑Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:01 am WoW Flutterby,

what incredible cheetah sighting you had a pity they only allowed 10 minutes

and those ellie bulls blocking the road are always a story to themselves

Good to see Nsemani had still water

Yes, it was surprising that Nsemani had water when Mazithi and Kumana were empty.