Rangers Diary 18 – 24 November 2012
Sunday Another week has come and gone, and we’re almost at the end of yet another month here at Arathusa. Game viewing had a slow start this morning, but we did manage to find one of the Styx lionesses. She was sleeping close to where we had left the pride the night before. While we …
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Rangers Diary 11 – 17 November 2012
Sunday After some bad weather last week, this week did not disappoint, as we really had some hot days out here in the bush at Arathusa. The weather did wonders for us, and the big cat sightings were really good. We started off the week by seeing a pride of lions consisting of four lionesses …
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Rangers Diary 5 – 12 November 2012
Sunday A windy start to the morning saw to it that not much was seen for most of the drive, other that various general game species such as zebra, wildebeest and giraffe, which are always lovely to see. We had a great sighting of a pair of side-striped jackals that were trying their best to …
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Rangers Diary 28 October – 4 November 2012
Sunday We headed north from the lodge first thing in the morning, hoping to catch up with a male lion we had heard calling the previous evening. On route we came across a small herd of about 50 buffalo that were bedded down in some very thick grass, sheltering from the chilly wind. We moved …
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October Sightings
Lions – seen on 25 days Leopards – seen on 23 days Buffalo – seen on 24 days Elephants – seen on 27 days Rhino – seen on 17 days Cheetahs – seen on 2 days Wild dogs – seen on 9 days