Impala seek the open: Video

I’ve been away the last few days taking the girls back to school. Sad!
But very happy to be back in the bush. In fact I was missing it so much, on arriving back after an 11hour drive, I just had to get out for a late afternoon drive.

Excitedly I was out for an early morning start with the last few days oppressing heat already pounding down soon after sunrise. Then a gentle breeze blew in from the south, and before 8am the clouds came rolling in for an overcast day ending in a gentle drizzle at dusk.
I was keen to pick on the elephants as I hope to spend time with them for the next few weeks. Well the truth is, in the long grass conditions, they’re about the only animal one can see.
There was evidence of them to the north-east but I didn’t have any joy in locating them.

The other animal that seems to be okay with the tall grass conditions are the buffalo and because they move around in fair size herds, the areas they traverse are instantly trampled flat.

But most of the plains game have left their usual grazing grounds and are now concentrated on areas with sparser cover.
The tall grass, often 6ft tall, is not just unpleasant to walk in, it’s really humid in there and provides a great location for predators to ambush their prey. Good reasons to move out.