Friday 1 February 2013

Sightings Update: 1 - 14 January 2013

 
2013 is well on its way and so are the animals at Tintswalo Safari Lodge.
 
Our guides captured so many amazing sightings that it's difficult to choose between what will be archived and what will be blogged.
 
 
Elephants
 
In this clip you'll see a few young elephant crossing one of main dams inlets. The youngsters especial struggled a bit, however after they crossed you can see their youthful excitement.
 
 
 
Male elephant just making sure the buffalo know he is not a push-over
 
 
 
Baby Elephant playfully fighting with a noticeable larger family member.
 
 
 
 
Two Bull Elephants matching up
 




Cheetah
 
 
Our resident female cheetah was sighted frequently searching for potential prey.

We followed her for hours while she attempted hunt impala with little success due to constant changes in wind directions.
 



African Wild Dogs

 

The Wild dog pack with their nine pups are still doing well. We are holding thumbs that all nine pups will make it to adulthood.



Lions

Matimba Males/ Nkuhuma Females





 
 
 
 
Matimba males on a buffalo that the Nkuhuma females stole from the Koppies females.
 



Koppies females

Two days after the koppies females lost their buffalo kill to the Matimba males they brought down a huge adult zebra. They stayed on this kill for 7 days.
 
 
 
If you look closely you can see that this female from the koppies females might be lactating...
 
 
 
 
Other sightings
 
Hyena crushing bones
 
 
 

 
 


 
 
Fritz Breytenbach & the Safari Team
 
Photo & Video Editing: Fritz Breytenbach







2 comments:

  1. I love following the animals, some of which we saw in September. Thanks for keeping up the blog, I love it.


    Sue F.
    Michigan, USA

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  2. Thanks for the comment Sue. As always we will try and update you folks on the comings and goings of all the characters, of the Tintswalo show.

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