Mwamba - Breakfast and…

Woke to some strange noises outside but this is becoming almost normal now, we did see someone out and about so knew something was happening

Drums were delayed and at breakfast we found out the reason…there’d been an Elephant in the camp and immediately outside our cabin, there were some concerns as you can see from the video (courtesy of: Lester Shenton). It should be noted that Hyenas, Leopards and Lions, amongst others, are regular visitors to Mwamba, the reason visitors don’t go out unescorted after dark…the ‘very’ good reason visitors don’t go unescorted at night!

Lainey, Phil, Goodson and myself start our trek heading out to see the Cubs from last night but, on the way, we noticed a Hyena who was very fixed on an area in the bush, we did a quick check but he was on his own, that done we moved to the area he was interested in and entered slowly working our way between the trees and bushes, it is great the places they manage to get these vehicles in, not for the faint hearted

Soon we stopped and looking up in the tree there was a Leopard with her kill, an Impala, probably from yesterday. Phil explained the Hyenas would gather to scavenge anything that was dropped but otherwise would get nothing.

I think I’ve said before how moving it is to see these creatures so close and knowing how terrifying it would be if they so decided, it truly is a privilege

Sadly, this is our last morning and there’s packing to be undertaken before we set off for the airport at 12:30, so we head backRead more