Karongwe – Day Two

An early morning wake up call started our first full day at karongwe game reserve. As we collected the trail camera a Nyala family walked passed. The male and female Nyala are very different, almost looking like different species. The trail camera had recorded a Civet walking passed the tent. After breakfast we visited the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. 

Link :- The Visit to Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre

Afternoon Drive

After lunch back at the camp we were off on our afternoon game drive. We thought we were off to a good start when we watched a group of Elephants all gathering at a waterhole.

Further along the track a small herd of Zebra were enjoying a drink at yet another waterhole.  A pair of Giraffe were lowering their long necks to the water as bee eaters flew overhead in the trees. Later on the drive we were on the tracks of a pair of Rhino when we had a fleeting glimpse of a family of Leopards crossing the track before they totally disappeared.

Along the edge of the karongwe game reserve there was a fenced off quarantine area, this held two one and a half year old lion cubs. They were going to be moved to another reserve to spread the gene pool. Outside the fence lay the mother Lioness and a magnificient male Lion. The mother and father of these cubs. Although you shouldn’t put human emotions on animals it did look as if they were there because their cubs where the other side of the fence.

It was time to head back to camp as it was getting dark and we needed to set up the trail camera before the evening meal.