Safari Updates

From Ben CrankeAs always, the first rays of morning light found us in the orange - golden mist on the Plains, photographing the beautiful predawn, with lechwe and tsessebe silently and eerily appearing out of and then and disappearing back into the mist.Our intent this morning was to try to find Silver - Eye. Everyone has concentrated so much on the actions of the other pride for a few days, that none of us had time to track her and her pride. However, even the large pride had moved away from their buffalo kill, and although we could hear them, we did not see them this morning. Vultures galore again provided some excellent photo opportunities. Today they were able to attack the buffalo carcass without interruptions.The buffalo herd have moved onto Paradise Island, and the lions are probably staying as close as possible to them.We could hardly believe our luck...

From Brendon CremerWhat a day of rarities!Getting out to the Plains really early was a priority for us this morning. Firstly, the beautiful golden misty conditions allow us to take truly magnificent photographs and we wanted to catch up with the large pride of lions. We knew that they would still be resting after that kill two days ago, and we were keen to catch the early morning family interactions as the pride awakened.They did not disappoint.As we arrived, most of the lions were already awake, and a few decided to have some more of their meal. However, by this morning there was very little left, and tremendous tussles broke out as lionesses, cubs and subadults all vied for bits and scraps. Snarls, swatting, snatching, clawing, mock attacks, and intimidating growls kept us all entertained as our cameras worked busily to catch the dynamics.When the interaction started to calm down, we...