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![]() It was a great trip, run by Karibu Safaris. On our trip, we saw some great wildlife, and below you can see some of it. (Click on any of the pictures to see a higher resolution image)
Kim's eagle eyes managed to spot a
leopard in the long grass. We watched him stalk an impala for about 20
minutes. Unfortunately, the impala caught the leopards scent, and we
weren't able to see a kill. We did, however, come across a cheetah
mother and her three cubs with a kill. Cheetahs only eat fresh meat, and
so this kill must have happened within an hour prior to us arriving. This is a pregnant lioness who was part
of a pride. In the background you can see one of the males. This is a wild dog. Wild dogs have been
devastated in Africa by rabies. They live in packs of up to 40. They are
extremely efficient hunters, killing 70% of the prey they go after. They
do this by running their prey to exhaustion, as the dogs are able to run
relentlessly. We'd camped overnight, and noticed a
faint foul odour in the morning. After a short search (in our tour 4wd),
we found this dead elephant about 200m from our camp, with a group of 15
lionesses camped around him. It reeked. The elephant would have died of
old age, and the lionesses would have scavenged the meat. They didn't seem
to mind the smell. There were lots of elephants (I mean
LOTS) in the reserves we visited. They were starting to have quite an
effect on the trees and other fauna. They tended to like to push trees
over. We didn't get to see many of the local
people, as most of the time we were camping out in the middle of nowhere.
When we were in Victoria Falls, an enterprising youngster (probably 9
years old) came up to us, trying to sell us an icy-pole. Our safari was fantastic, and I can recommend travelling to Africa if you get the chance. |