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This male is one of the two young ones I was lucky, last November, to see during three days.

 

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Awww that little cub is chubby and cute. who can resist a cub? incredible details in the photos - like the two tiny flies in front of the adult lioness' face in post 19, and those hippo nostrils!

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madaboutcheetah

beautiful, Mike ...... Wow! He's grown up now......

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A lot of giraffes this time and even more in the lagoon area.

 

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Lesser striped swallow in camp.

 

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Three-banded plover.

 

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Hippos in the green water.

 

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Fourth sighting of the Wapuka pride.

 

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And fifth.

 

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Sixth sighting of the Wapuka pride.

 

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that wakupo pride sure showed up a lot for you. love the last last pix - that little snarl on the baby mirroring the adult's snarl. it made it look like the adult was teaching the cub to snarl!

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@@Kitsafari

 

Indeed, it looks like the adult was teaching the cub to snarl but in reality it could rather be a call to order disputed by the cub.

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Carmine bee-eaters following the car to catch insects forced to fly on its way.

 

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@Bushdog I love your photos of the mother and her cubs. The carmine bee eaters in flight are simply astonishing as well.

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Alexander33

Love the group of (very) alert lionesses, particularly. I second the admiration for your shots of the carmine bee-eaters.

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Last sighting of the Wapuka pride.

 

The young cub was absent, hidden in a safe place, they were hunting. This time, they were spotted, not in the area of Star Pan where they were during the three previous days, but well near the bridge behind Main Camp. They crossed it and then went off road. One female managed to catch a young warthog and ran away with it in a thick bush to eat it and again, there was no question of sharing with others. I believe that it was the mother of the cub which, in order to feed it well, was obliged to feed regularly.

 

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Here, one can see how much lions can be highly stressed when it comes to venturing into a flooded area. They know very well that it can be dangerous, especially by the possible presence of crocodiles.

 

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madaboutcheetah

Hi Mike, I'm away from my computer and only can view that last segment on my phone - but, wow .... lions on that bridge behind camp!!!!!! Super!

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@@Bush dog I just love the expression on the face of the lioness-she is making sure that the way is clear for the rest of the pride. It makes one think that even lions face threats in the wild.

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@@madaboutcheetah

 

Thanks Hari!

 

I guess I was lucky to see those lions taking this kind of bridge. Mainly because not a lot of species do take it, for example, too difficult for grazers or browsers to walk on those trunks.

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As a cat aficionado, I'm blown away by your lion and leopard photos. What great sightings you had!

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@@amybatt

 

Thank you! There is one more leopard sighting to come at the end of this report.

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The next day, I left Main Camp to Zarafa. On the way to the airstrip where the transfer was to take place, I took a few pictures of francolins (red-billed and coqui).

 

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Piet, my new guide, was there waiting for me. On the way to the camp, a lot more giraffes than in the north and east of the concession and my first zebras.

 

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The spirit that prevails in Zarafa is the same as that found at Main Camp, in this case of great relaxed professionalism. The managing couple Ben and Bianca is extremely pleasant and attentive.

 

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Views of the Zibalianja lagoon from Zarafa Camp.

 

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The water reaches the edge of the tree line. Red lechwes running in front of the camp.

 

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offshorebirder

Thanks @@Bush dog - those photos really give one a sense of "being there".

 

Love the francolin portraits.

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Some wildlife beyond the tree line, between Shumba and Wild Dog Pans.

 

Juvenile gnu resting in the sun on a termite mount.

 

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Juvenile egyptian geese on the green water.

 

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White-browed sparrow-weaver.

 

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It and its bad conscience. ;)

 

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Rid of its bad conscience.

 

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That first impala (impala? I still can't call it when I see it!) shot is incredible, with the second one in the background. Nicely done.

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