Daily Archive for December 21st, 2007

Buffalo wrestles lion: Video

This is the final instalment of the lion/buffalo kill. What I was able to film took about 20minutes of which you have seen about 12min in the last few days.
Well the conditions today at least didn’t get any worse. But they didn’t get any better either. Although the rains fell all day, they weren’t as heavy as yesterday.

Wet Hibiscus
The weather forecast still doesn’t look very hopeful for the next couple of days. This weather we’re having is very reminiscent of the floods of 2000 when a cyclone nearly washed away our camp. But at least now the rains aren’t as intense.

Digger
I ventured out with my daughters in the gentle drizzle, which was fine for the first hour but then as it came down harder became really miserable.
The lions had been feeding on the buffalo kill again in the night but weren’t around in the day. And another day with no vultures. Lucky lions.

Just buddies
The elephants have moved back into the sandveld where they seem to be spending a lot of time digging out tubers.
And the roads are still waterways.

Tjololo 20th December 2000

The Tjololo Diaries

20th December 2000
Rain 2mm
Tjololo was still in Kruger giving us a chance to prowl for other opportunities and also get shots for the “Wants List” that Dale is sending me as he progresses with the editing.
Soon after midnight Tjololo was back on Mala Mala and rested up on his southern boundary. Lightening was threatening all around and with the first drops of rain we scattered back to camp as we were close by.
The rain didn’t do much, just a soft irritating drizzle.

And so goes the last entry in my LeopardCam diary.

Tjololo was still a part of my life at Mala Mala for another 4 years. Sadly those days have come to a final end with his passing away last month.