Jacana - October 2007
12 Nov 2007
After three months, wow, what a change in scenery! We have always heard and seen photos of how it changes from wet season to dry season, but this was amazing, it was like a totally different world. It has changed from a camp completely surrounded by water where we mainly used boats to a camp where we are driving on dry land!
The most amazing experience about this is the changes in the animals and birds in the area. We now have red lechwe walking in front of the camp and some warthogs in camp. We were also amazed by the leopard and lion tracks in and around the camp. We still had our resident elephants moving through camp and leaving their marks on the environment. It was just unbelievable to hear the sounds of lion and hyaena at night.
On the birding side, the loud calls of the African Fish-Eagles have been interrupted by more and more of the lovely sounds of the Woodland Kingfishers making their way into the area.
With the water disappearing day by day, you can hear the hippos moaning and groaning as they all try and hold on to their little bit of paradise. We were also lucky enough to be graced by the presence of some buffalo in the area. Basically all the big boys were moving into town.
The month of October is also the start of our rainy season and it was a welcome sign to see the nice cloud build-up in the afternoons, we were lucky enough to have over 30mm of rain in the first week of the month and you could actually see the wildlife enjoying this welcome water from the heavens. Even though this camp was surrounded by water you can see the difference after a few drops of the precious liquid from the skies.
Once again we were blessed with some wonderful guests from all over the world that came and shared our bit of paradise. It is just amazing to see them all just stunned by this wonderful piece of paradise that we are lucky enough to share with them. It is wonderful to have all these people from all walks of life coming to the bush and just enjoy this wonderful world of ours!
Greetings from the JACANA TEAM
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