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    Kaingo - Morning

    24 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Off a bit later as we called into Kaingo Lodge after our night in the Elephant Hide, awhich was sadly uneventful, for a late breakfast before setting off

    Nothing specific planned but to keep our eyes and ears open for ‘signs’, and believe me there are many…. As it happens we get a radio message of a kill so off we go and soon come to the right area and see the Vultures. Edging on we come across we come across two Lions and a Lioness with their kill of a Zebra, this pride we recognise from a previous encounter.

    Surrounding them are Vultures mostly in the trees but one or two on the ground but all biding their time. One of the Lionesses then moved away to do her ‘business’ which immediately brought down a ‘wake’ (collective for feeding Vultures) of the Vultures to partake, the faeces of predators is an important supplementary source of food for White Backed Vultures

    All this time there is a Hyena loitering in the background but he is unlikely to do anything with two Lions being involved

    It will be a day or two before they will consume the kill and they will remain with it throughout but we heard later the Lions were preventing the Lioness from returning to the kill, keeping it for themselves

    An uneventful return for lunch, after an incredible morning    Meer informatie

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    ...who watches who?Dominant Male...Phil and Vernon

    Kaingo - Hippo Hide

    24 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Sorry, but Charles forgot to put the memory stick back in the camera so photos are iPhone quality!

    The Hide is incredible as you are so close to everything, including the Crocodiles!

    We settled to enjoy the stillness of everything the noises of the Hippos and the various bird life around us

    After a short while there was a huge commotion and two of the Hippos were truly head to head for a short while and over the next 40 minutes there were two further outbreaks

    The second time it was broken up by a big chap, who bore down on them his tail thrashing, which is a sign of dominance if facing your opponent but submission if the back is presented, useful to know…

    The final outbreak was one we were told was simply youngsters playing!    Meer informatie

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    Journey to Mwamba

    25 mei, Zambia

    Usual starting time but have to finish packing as we move to Mwamba Lodge today via our normal morning!

    We had highlighted to see Wild Dogs so Phil (Phillemon) set off seeing Elephants, Impala and not forgetting the Crocodile and Hippo sharing a nap, amongst others, on our way.

    Just after 07:00 we received a call, on the Wild Dogs, and headed out to find them spread out in the shade, although the young were very much in the background. They do have the most remarkable markings and after checking us out they slowly wandered a little further away. At this point others cars started turning up so we left before they became harassed by us

    On the way, to the Dogs, we had spotted Hyenas so we headed back towards them, it was a small group but there was a youngster among them, very ‘cute’ but no stroking, we were again checked out by one of them coming over to us, then wandering off again…

    From there we had a coffee break before Phil thought we should hunt Leopard…and we did, alerted by alarm calls we headed in the direction of the cries and Impala stares and strolling along was the Leopard all the warnings were about. Absolutely beautiful, we spent a little time with him before heading off to Mwamba seeing, on our way, the Giraffe and her young we had seen last week    Meer informatie

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    Mwamba

    25 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    Our room here is fabulous and we already feel at home, relief we both feel leaving Kianga, lovely as it was there was two too many prima Donna’s

    After afternoon tea we head off with Phill and Goodson, our new escort, and head off to see the remains of a Buffalo kill from a couple of days back. When we arrived there it was simply a skull remaining, and a couple of Vultures. On that basis we started to check out the surrounding area to see where the Lions where and soon discovered them. Getting into a better position Lainey suddenly called out realising one of the Lionesses was so close to the track Phill nearly ran her over…what can I say, it’s she never batted an eyelid!

    Moving round some bushes we discovered a Pride of eleven Lionesses and a young Lion sprawled out on the grasses very soon joined by White Backed and White Headed Vultures both squabbling over the Lions ‘business’, all so fabulous we decided to stay and partake of our Sundowner and enjoy the scene rather than head off

    Whilst having our realised this was the Pride that lost their Cubs earlier which was a real shock but the reality is they have no choice but to ‘move on’ and we can only hope they start a new litter as certainly the Cubs they had, and we suspect, four have now gone, eventually we had to start back

    We enjoyed a fabulous sundown and on our way encountered Elephant Shrews, Cavet Cat , Great Eagle Owl and a Genet

    We enjoyed a lovely meal only spoiled by two Americans guys who, I’m convinced, are closely related to Beavis & Buthead    Meer informatie

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    Mwamba - Morning

    26 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Lainey had her ‘catch up’ day today so I set of, with Phil, for our usual jaunt to see what was what…

    An uneventful but immensely satisfying day as we meandered about watching various birds including the Southern Red-billed Hornbill, a Grey Headed Kingfisher and a Martial Eagle, amongst others and chatting generally

    Alongside the Luangwa we came on a troupe of Baboons racing along the bank and an Hippo, also on the bank! Phil was a little concerned as he was acting strangely, heading toward us, so we moved further along the bank further out of his way and he then proceeded to head back toward the river

    Across the river we saw a herd of Elephants who looked like they were thinking about crossing, their biggest concern would be the youngsters and the Crocodiles, but they turned back so we moved on

    After having a coffee by a waterhole, where we saw a Goliath Heron, Hippos and a Red Throated Bee Eater, we started back to the Lodge but not before catching a young Tawny Eagle enjoying her kill

    So, back for lunch…    Meer informatie

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    Mwamba - Evening

    26 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Just before we left Lainey had a surprise encounter with a huge River Monitor Lizard,. It was crawling down the tree trunk at the side of our balcony and it was so big she thought at first it was a Crocodile! She screamed it fell off the tree and fled into the undergrowth. we don’t know who was more surprised, him or Lainey!

    We left at 16:00, Phil had heard the Wild Dogs were still in the area so we set out to see them. They were indeed ‘on the road’ and Charles got footage of them playing, rolling about and generally behaving like domesticated Dogs, until they suddenly set off running into the undergrowth together.

    Phil tried to follow the, as he’d heard a cry, and we had a fun time driving through the undergrowth but couldn’t make it through the undergrowth although we could hear them crunching on bones nearby. We were really surprised at the speed with which they had located, killed and were eating their kill, we’re not sure but we believe it was probably a Bush Buck.

    We had our Sundowner overlooking the river with the Crocodiles and Hippos. On the drive back we saw Genet, Elephant Shrews, Nightjars, and lots of various Antelope including a herd of Wildebeest, not forgetting a trail of Ants across the track, apparently moving their eggs to safety

    We also had our, usual, uninvited guests in the bathroom on our return!    Meer informatie

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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia

    Mwamba - 27/am

    27 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Quite cool this morning with quite a bit of cloud cover, sun didn’t come out till 06:55!

    Megan accompanied us this morning, she does the Social Media for the MK Lodges (Mwamba/Kiango)

    Today we simply trailed over by the river checking out the wildlife and mixing in a bit of bird watching., Phil is incredibly knowledgable about all the wildlife and over morning coffee told us the trading front guides is over six years!

    There are some fabulous birds here, we saw many including the Saddle Billed Stork, Blacksmith Lapwing and the Lilac Breasted Roller, you can’t believe some of the colouring

    Also Blue Wildebeest and Giraffes not forgetting the Hippos and Crocodile that abound here    Meer informatie

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    1Mom and baby
    1Little Bee Eater

    Mwamba - 27/pm

    27 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Again a quiet evening we’re really just out for the sunset and sundowner, of course!

    We saw a mother Elephant with her baby and, either, an older cousin or sister it us lovely to see the new born, apart from being reminded of the number of predators about

    Phil is excellent and stops the car pointing out the tiniest things like the Little Bee Eater and the Giant Kingfisher, Giant!? We also saw a herd of Zebra

    One of the things I love in Zambia are the tree trunks, they’re so twisted and gnarled, just incredible. We also saw these in the Namib
    Desert

    After our Sundowner we headed back with the spotlight picking up whatever’s lurking in the night and we saw Hyena, lots of Bugs and Genet    Meer informatie

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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia
    Lion - No. 1
    LionessLion - No. 2...with youngLittle Bee EaterZebraSaddle Billed StorkWaterbuck with ImpalaBlue WilderbeestImpala - The Termite. Mound has collapsed...seemed a little upset with us!Flap Necked Chameleon

    Mwamba - Penultimate

    28 mei, Zambia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    Very strange night as we definitely heard something outside our cabin, at breakfast we learnt we’d had Lions in the area so we are heading straight to where they are thought to be

    We found a Lion 25 minutes later in the road, it was on its own but it is actually one of the two Lions with the Lioness we saw at the Giraffe kill. It moved off and we attempted to follow, as it seemed sure it was looking for the others, but we lost it. Deciding to move on we headed for the Luangwa but after some 10 minutes we heard the other Lion and Lioness had been located so we headed there, again it appears they are waiting for the other Lion. We waited some 10 minutes but realised we could wait hours and not see then reunited so, again, headed for the river

    Quite a gathering on the way so many birds which were too quick to ‘snap’ and lots of animal but the Elephants and Giraffes are so elegant and relaxed, as indeed was the Chameleon which is only about 4 inches long

    Nearly back and we saw an Elephant by the side of the road but he got somewhat irate and gave out a rumble as he headed for the vehicle, suffice to say we moved on…

    Back at the Lodge we had an Elephant, Impala and Baboons all going by outside our cabin, the Baboons in particular made such a racket we really believed they were running from a predator but no, just a domestic!    Meer informatie

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  • Charlesi Main-BCharlesi Main-BZambia
    Now that's a chilled Hippo!
    Feeding time on the move...honestly seconds before there were loads of them!...beat that if you can!Soon, very soon...Two Hyenas looking for a snack...Unusually cloudy and close this afternoon

    Mwamba - Pen Eve

    28 mei, Zambia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Quite overcast and air quite ‘heavy’ so this evening we decided to head straight to the Hippo Hide for a relaxing time with our Sundowner

    As it happens, on our way we enjoyed the sights of a two Elephants with a young one and further on we came across more Elephants except this was a herd of Elephants but at the side of the road was another mother whose young was suckling so couldn’t move! However she was successful on her second attempt whereupon the babe almost gambolled along into the bushes to join the herd, we also saw over sixty Lilian’s Lovebirds swirling around and feeding on the track

    After this we managed to get to the Hide and settled in. As the light started to fade it was funny watching them jostling for position unfortunately, at this point, my camera was having real trouble focusing so we, once again, have to rely on the iPhone.

    Being a normal state of affairs, ie. not the BBC we got a couple of good shots but missed more but very happy with what we saw mixed with the trumpeting, snorting and bird call was superb

    All too soon it’s drinks consumed and back to the ranch. Coming out of the Hide it was still quite cloudy and close and heading off we managed to see, and hear, a lone Elephant who scared the life out of me trumpeting as we passed, then a herd of Elephants and Giraffe but we don’t stop or play the light on them but we do for the Hyenas and Genet etc

    On our return we managed a ‘Moonup’ with Lester and Val, owners, before having a romantic dinner for two on our veranda…did I say romantic!? I believe, due to the closeness, we were beset by every imaginable bug and beastie located in Zambia and fighting a losing battle retired to bed and the safety of Mosquito Nets which, sadly, did not offer us any respite from Midges so, as you can imagine, not quite the evening we had planned!    Meer informatie

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