Friday, January 19, 2007

On foot in the wilderness area of the Eastern Shores Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu Natal. This is one of my favourite wildlife areas, with spectacular and unique scenery, flora and fauna. The combination of big five game reserves on the coastline of South Africa adds to the attraction.

On this particular trip, we hiked with an armed ranger to spend the night at a fly camp on the lagoon shores. As we rounded the corner close to sunset at the edge of the lagoon, we were amazed by the sight of approximately 70-80 hippo in the shallow waters, gathering to come out of the water and feed during the night.

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

What more to say ? What a privelege to see the lioness and her cubs frequently. The cubs grew amazingly fast almost doubling in size every three months !