Wildcast

With dawn just breaking and with a thin scattering of cloud I knew we were in for a spectacular African sunrise.
I rushed down to the big baobab tree on Banyini and set up for the new dawn. The half hour that I shot is condensed here into the 3minute clip.

I had to stop about 5minutes before sunrise as I heard what sounded like buffalo distress calls near the Banyini pan, and presuming the lions to still be around I rushed over.
On my arrival at the pan the buffalo had already moved off. I picked up the lions to the northeast.

And the mating goes on. The lucky brother has given up with his showing off, now just doing what he has to do and lying down. Doesn’t have to impress the girl anymore.

Poor Manyari is again looking rather the worse for wear.
Rather than spend the day with them again I headed down to the Chiredzi River for a change not having been down there for some time now.

The elephant were to the west of Banyini feeding in the mopanie. My friend, the dude who tried to roll my car, was there too and today just a timid little boy. Amazing what those hormones do to the poor lad.

With little grazing left the elephant are now predominantly browsing and debarking trees. This poor knowthorn tree, although it didn’t get pushed over will now die anyway with its bark completely removed.

Things were quiet on the Chiredzi but it’s always a stunning drive.
I was back in camp early preparing for my trip to South Africa tomorrow. I’ll be attending a wildlife filmmaking strategic alliance function with many broadcasters from around the world. Going to be interesting stuff.
While I’m away Darryl will be working on the blog and the video clips are those I’ve shot over the last few weeks guaranteeing you don’t miss out on the action at Malilangwe.