Recent news from the bush
The camp has been busy for the last few weeks and this has brought more news of what is going on out in the bush and being seen on drives.
The wild dogs have left the den sites and are once again roaming as a large pack making it harder to keep tabs on them! Tracks were seen in the last few days near the River Fence.
Brown hyena are becoming a very regular sighting, especially at Mogorosi and even in daylight. Several images have also been captured on trail cameras located at the camp gates as they move through during the night.
A number of elephant bulls have been using the area around Tholo Dam and Zanzibar Dam and there are fresh tracks and feeding sign found daily on the roads there. Sightings have been made further afield at Phofu Dam and Mbusi too - watched from the hide only 25m away!
In terms of cats leopards continue to provide good viewing with one group making sightings on seven occasions in the last 8 days at Tholo Dam, Mogorosi, near Zanzibar, Mbusi and perhaps most excitingly from their deck at the lodge!
Cheetah have also popped up once more - this pair located last night in the southern section of the reserve.
And in amongst all the bigger game, the smaller species are also exciting visitors. Genets have been seen in the dry riverbed as visitors sit around their campfire, bushbabies are observed jumping about on the lodge rooftops to reach higher trees, and even an aardvark was seen foraging within a few yards of the camp gates!
The dry season is certainly going well at Limpopo-Lipadi. Perhaps it is time for you to book a visit?
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