Sightings at Kanana have been exceptional of late, with predators featuring regularly on most of our trips. A pride of eight lions – three male, five female – have been making their way in and out of the area around Pom Pom, and crossing the river at the Pontoon where the water is extremely deep.
Guests at Footsteps witnessed an incredible and startling sighting this morning, as two lions attacked a hippo at Four Rivers’ Teal Pan.
Guests arriving at Shinde’s airstrip this morning received an unexpected welcome when their guide, Bee, took them directly to investigate an “interesting sound” he had heard before the plane had landed.
During the first week of November Paul Moleseng hosted a number of the children from Bana Ba Letsatsi on Ker & Downey Botswana’s popular Young Explorer programme.
The past couple of months have seen excellent wildlife at Shinde, not only on game activities but also in the camp itself.
While summer is coming to an end and the flood waters arriving, One-Eye and the rest of the Shinde pride are permanently residing on the northern area of the concession. Four lionesses (recent arrivals to the area) have been increasingly successful in their hunting, often killing several times a day.
One such incident occurred at the [...]
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