Kaingo - Sunriser I

05:30 start and sun just breaking over the Luangwa. We headed out for a wander but we had heard there was a Leopard about

On our way we stopped by the river for a truly massive Crocodile on the bank, its jaws open which is apparently a relaxed position, while there we also sighted the Giant Kingfisher

Shortly after we heard about Lions and heading over we came across a male with two females, these are part of the Hollywood Pride, so called because the BBC are following them as part of ‘Earth’, we didn’t stay long as it was getting a bit busy with vehicles so moved on sighting Wildebeest and the Lilac Breasted Roller before coming across a Lion and Lioness, also part of Hollywood, who’d taken themselves apart to mate. Our Guide said we’d wait and I thought he was joking but suddenly they did…it truly was so quick I missed it! Apparently they’ll do it again in 20 minutes and so on…

We then started to head back to the Lodge but were diverted as news of the Leopard came through so off we went, arriving we saw the Leopard stalking a Bush Buck. It was absolutely still watching the Bush Buck grazing waiting for it to come close enough sadly, although we waited some 25 minutes, nothing occurred but Phil said it could well be hours. We will return later…

So, back to the Lodge for lunch after which we relaxed in our private gazebo overhanging the Luangwa River listening to the birds singing and Hippos trumpetingRead more