The month of May has seen winter descend upon us with very chilly mornings, lovely midday temperatures and the expected drop in temperatures in the afternoons and evenings - typical winter weather, which is actually just about perfect. The game has been excellent for the whole month and we have also started to get some good sightings of one of the resident female cheetah with her cubs, which is a good sign for us as it had been quite some time since we last saw this female with her cubs. Originally there were five cubs, but there is now only two.

One of the highlights for the month was seeing a leopard and a hyaena feeding side by side on an impala kill. This was very unusual as one would expect them to launch into battle, but for some reason they seemed to bury the hatchet and dined together. 

The game viewing around camp has been fantastic for the entire month, so most of the drives took place around the camp area, hardly venturing far away.

Big numbers of buffalo have also returned to the area, attracting many more lion to the area. As luck was on our side, a group of guests who were doing a photographic course got to witness two subadult male lions taking down a buffalo and were able to get some great pictures.

On the subject of photography, the African sunset is always an iconic picture which tempts any photographer. One of our guides and his guests were peacefully watching the sun go down when a herd of buffalo easily numbering over a thousand started to cross the channel, kicking up dust which further enhanced the already beautiful sunset, and as the cherry on top, a large male lion started chasing the herd which stampeded off into the distance. This was a truly spectacular sighting.

Some of the other sightings that we had during the month was a huge African rock python, which was around six metres long! We also encountered two leopard which were in the middle of a territorial battle. Both the felines were female, and the altercation lasted the entire day.

Managers: Trevor, Joel, Lieana, Tiny.

Guides: Barberton, Luke, Molemi, Gordon, Thuso, Anthony.