This morning was cooler and the animals seemed to enjoy it. Our last game drive included great sightings of giraffes, elephants, zebras, and a leopard on the move.
The giraffes and elephants were eating their way across the clear areas towards water. The giraffes, eating leaves and small branches and the elephants eating lower hanging leaves, bark and pushing over an occasional tree to get to the root structure.
The zebras, followed many times by wildebeests, ate grass down to about the three inch level and the wildebeests followed them to eat the three inch grass they prefer.
We also saw a herd of warthogs of all ages.
Towards the end of the drive, our ranger, Pravir, said he had something special to show us. It was the dead warthog in a tree. A leopard had killed a small warthog and climbed the tree with the warthog in its mouth and wedged it in . Can you imagine the strength of the leopard's jaws to be able to climb a tree with a dead warthog in its mouth?!! The leopard placed his kill in the tree because no other predator was able to climb up and eat it. The leopard was under a neighboring tree relaxing after the kill, waiting to go back for his breakfast.
We loved our time in the Bush. Lion Sands provided better service and nicer facilities while Sabi Sabi had better food and game viewing. Although both lodges were only 45 minutes apart, the game drives were very different. Lion Sands had more vegetation, rougher roads and the rangers and trackers appeared to work harder to spot game. Sabi Sabi has more open areas and had done more controlled burns and it is easier to spot animals. The rangers and trackers at both places were excellent and educational and drove the range rovers with great skill - actually used them as tanks to go over small trees, drive through sand, etc. We want a Range Rover!
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