The Lala Palms at Shinde are full in bloom and the dates are much sought after by the resident elephant population. These gentle giants visit the camp at regular intervals, shaking the palm trees in the hope that some dates will fall to the ground for them to feed upon.

Great sightings continue away from camp

Lions featured heavily on the game viewing menu, with a pride of six taking up residence around an elephant carcass on the channel. Easily visible from both land and water, the pride gorged themselves for a week.

Juvenile Hippopotamus - Shinde Fire Deck

Shinde is renowned for the refuge it provides to wearily travellers from all over the world. A couple of weeks ago this include a juvenile hippopotamus, who seeking refuge from an older bull spent some time on the fire deck reflecting on the trials and tribulations of growing up.