It’s hard to focus on a specific species when you stay at Satara….you see so much…

We started off by going towards the H6 before we got to the turning we came across a massive herd of buffalo….John said 150+ I thought even more……

Johns choice for first spot was waterbuck mine was giraffe……we saw plenty of the later before we had even turned on to the H6.

We soon came across some kudu and once again a male ostrich.

We went the same route the truck had gone yesterday evening….we didn’t find the hyena but we did find the giraffe kill…evidently the lions were guarding it and laying flat in the grass unseen by the human eye….

We saw some lovely sights…long lines of wildebeests, a scattering of zebra as we headed off to the S100.

Part way down the S100 we came across a pride of lions resting up against an old water tower. The male lion had at least 4 lionesses with him.

Further on we came across a small herd of elephants with an absolutely tiny calf…probably the smallest we’ve ever seen.

Along the almost dried river bank an African Fish Eagle greeted us with its call.

We called back at our rondavel to use the facilities before heading out in the opposite direction….again an interesting route. Just after the gravel road we were going to take we could see an absolute frenzy of activity with dozens of vultures obviously feeding on something we couldn’t see.

We headed up the gravel to circle back around onto the S100… just after a quite deep Ford we came across a secretary bird. It took off and flew a short distance before landing and once again strutting around.

A male ostrich having a dust bath caught our attention.

Finally John saw some waterbuck.

The route was prolific with wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, elephants and a scattering of Waterbuck.

We stopped to have our lunch next to a group of impala and a pair of giraffe…such a peaceful.

Turning back along the S100 we were alone watching 1 lone lioness next to the water tower…the rest were obviously sleeping. We made our way back to camp for a rest.

At 4.30pm we went out again …we decided the H6 was our best bet. No sooner than we had turned on to it we saw a reed buck…took us a few minutes to identify as we don’t often see them.

The zebra and wildebeest were milling about on the edge and in the road.

We saw 3 hyena pups at their den before turning around and heading for camp.

On the main road near to camp we found a troop of Chacma baboons in the road…lots of youngsters were rolling in the road…we can only imagine that the tar was retaining the heat of the day and they were keeping warm.

The temperature rose to 26 degrees Celsius at midday but it also dropped sharply as the sun went down. We had a lovely sunset.

Our daily spotting figures were 99+ impala, 99+ zebra, 99+ wildebeest, 35 giraffe, 7 warthog, 1 grey heron, 2 ostrich, 3 lilac breasted rollers, 2 yellow billed horn bill, 4 hyena, 14 kudu, 1 bateleur eagle, 7 hippo, 50 Chacma baboons, 5 lions, 54 elephants, 50 WVB, 5 spur rowel, 1 grey Lourie, 2 steenbok, 1 Secretary bird, 24 waterbuck, 1 quail, 1 fish eagle, 1 reedbuck, 1 hoopoe.

We went to the Cattle Baron for supper. This time we chose two different chicken dishes….mine was a poor choice…it sounded nicer than it was….John enjoyed his…

Back to the rondavel for a game of cards.