Day Two Mala Mala

Morning started off with a great eagle who posed for us and then a stunning Kudu then we were looking for leopard with no success. We stopped for coffee and climbed a hill and had a wonderful view over the bush.

Then the BUZZ on the radio - wild dogs again. More ferrari safari to join the dogs. The dogs crossed into a river bed heading directly for a pride of lions. Everyone was holding their breath we did not want to see a lion kill a wild dog. The dogs just kept moving towards the lions seemingly unaware of the lions. Suddenly one of the dogs spotted the lions. He jumped up on his two back legs and make a yipping noise. I assume warning the pack. The lions heard that and gave chase. We were right in the path of the dogs and the lion. It all happened so fast but fortunately the dogs got away but we could not find them they moved so fast. THe lions all returned to the river bed. We left for breakast.

This afternoon was very slow. We spend the afternoon leopard hunting but with no success. If there are a lot of lions around the leopards are hard to find. If there are a lot of leopards out then you see few lions. Some of the vehicles went to a herd of Cape Buffalo but we decided to stick to the leopard traqckng. Tomorrow all the rangers are going to focus on finding the leopards. This is what Mala Mala is famous for is leopard. Hopefully we will have better luck tomorrow. The rangers here are fantastic, the dream team.