Second day at Kwande.

We got in the vehicle and our ranger Grant said "how about some spotted cats" This area is not known for cheetah or leopard. It may be in time but certainly not now. So off we go with zero real expectations. We had been out about 15 minutes and were looking at some Kudu and we heard an alarm call. So we headed in that direction. There they were - two cheetahs. They were laying in the sun, awake and now and then looking around. Then they both focused on an area in front of them. Through binnoculars we could see a few wildebeest and some springbok. They were a long way off.

The cheetahs got up and slowly started making their way to that area. We followed them for about 30 minutes as they would move and stop at bushes. It was a long way and alot of open ground to cover. Finally a spurt of running as they targeted the wildebeest. They missed, and the black wildebeest got away and were snorting and shaking their white horse looking tails. I really like this variety of wildebeest they are different.

Our ranger called other vehicles but they were far away with elephants so we were the only ones at the sighting. I love this low density safari experience. The positives are situations like this the negatives are not enough eyes out to find sightings.

We finished off the drive with an incredibly relaxed red hartebeest. We saw two oryx really close that were also relaxed.

We wished we had one more day. They are on a river (as are most lodges) but the have a boat and will take you out on the river and you can fish if you wish. It was a wonderful place and definitely exceeded my expectations.

We visited another camp but it was not up to the standards of Kwandwe.