Magotho Magic (Part 2)

Magotho Part 2
(Only broken into 2 parts so we can save and share extra photos and videos!)

Magotho proved to be an absolute gem - We spotted our first ever honey badger trotting down to the river and had a few minutes of watching it gambol through the scrub.

We also saw a lot of mongooses (mongeese…?). Apparently the collective noun is a business of mongoose. Who knew we’d have to google that one! Their antics were pretty adorable.

We also had hundreds of elephant encounters, many with babies in tow, plenty of Pumbas (warthogs) and Zazu (hornbills) and so much bird life around the banks of the Khwai River…

However, the absolute highlight was when a leopard disdainfully condescended to walk past our truck… right on dusk as we were heading back to camp. We spotted movement in the scrub about 20m from the track, but to our amazement instead of disappearing she came right past the truck and walked slowly around the front of it while we quietly “omg-ed” and pinched ourselves!

Magotho was a special place and one that will be hard to beat as the next leg of our trip meant that we packed up our dusty tents and headed North to see what would come our way.Read more