My guests and I  have been looking for lions for the past three nights and
not knowing that the 11th of July had something good installed for us. As
usual I normally try to look for lions in the main section of the Park early in the morning but this day was another day, all to our advantage...

 

First we saw two cars parked at Zuurkop and as we drove there we saw that there was a black rhino busy browsing in the thicket. The elusive rhino stood there for
a few minutes before it disappeared into the thicket, so we decided to move on. From this sighting I went to Carol's Rest, one of the waterholes known for good sightings of lions or buffaloes. We found over 80 buffaloes and calves! We watched them for a few minutes and then decided to move on and complete the whole loop which is a one
way route. On my way, just before I finished the open plains I came across a young
lion and lioness busy stalking a warthog with its piglets!

 

Within minutes they managed to kill a baby warthog (which was not
a good meal to feed two lions of about 4 years old) right there in front of our eyes. The lioness did the killing and then the lion wanted the whole share and she was not happy. As she was still busy sufocating the little piglet they started fighting over the kill which affected our sighting as we lost visual of the two while she was trying to run away with the
kill and he was following her.  They then dissappeared into the bush. What a
n amazing sighting after three nights of looking for them.

 

After a brief stop for a cup of coffee, I continued with my drive heading
towards another busy waterhole which is becoming the main waterhole
by the name HAPOOR.  On my way, I came across different types of usual game for
those who have been to Addo. There were over 100 female elephants and calves drinking water and the bulls were no where to be found.  What a fantastic drive to mark the last night of Sally and Rob, my two English guests staying with us for 4 nights. For those who know Addo, its not always that easy to get four of the big five in one drive so that definitely made our day!

 

Will keep you updated for all the other related sightings soon.

 

Kind regards

 

Darlington