Today we arrived at Mala Mala. The rooms here are wonderful and we all settled in and then enjoyed a lunch on the deck. Everyone gathered at 3.00 pm to have afternoon tea and then go on a game drive. I think we left at 3.05 pm - nobody wanted tea they wanted to GO.

What an afternoon - key sightings were
Five lions on a kill
A giraffe trying to cross a river, never seen one do that before.
A leopard in a tree with an impala kill and hyenas gathering below
when in trots a WILD DOG.

First day on Rhino we get WILD DOG. It cannot get better than this I was thrilled. So the chase was on. Our ranger informed the other rangers and we started crashing through the bush chasing that dog. Of course the dog joined up with his pack. Then most of the dogs came over to our vehicle and were all around it incredibly close. We could have reached down and touched them. So am I in heaven or what! Then a lone impala ran RIGHT in front of us and the dogs A pretty dumb impala but amazingly the dogs were unsuccesful. Several more chases co-ordinated with the other vehicles but when we left the dogs had not had a kill. It is amazing how the dogs totally ignore those crashing loud vehicles like they are not even there.

It is so fun to be with everyone again and what a wonderful way to start. It is a key line up of rangers I think they are all going to be excellent. Cannot wait for tomorrow.