Last night I was trapped in an authentic African sonic phenomenon, a hyena’s whoop echoed across Lojaan dam, through the hillside and repeated itself three or four times each time. The sound of hyena at night is a reminder you’re in the wild, not to mention the overriding lion’s roar. I had to force myself to move onwards and upwards, but I could easily have spent the entire evening there.
Hlamba Mlonga Dam is often used by elephant to drink from, so I thought it would be a good idea to stop off on a regular basis. Last night was an imediate hit with two elephant pulling in to taste of its sweet waters. Another familiar face I bumped into is Manyari, she was lazing around on Banyini Pan with one of the males and to my horror had taken out that newly born zebra foal. That’s how things work in the circle of life. I followed them up into the mopane woodlands hoping they would spring into action - I should’ve known better, they just ambled around hoping to walk into some unsuspecting animal.
I took the back route past Sosigi Dam today spotting a herd of eland dashing across the road and three giraffe at the dam. The sun was falling behind Sosigi hill already and I was on my way to the hyena den to check up on the youngsters.
The light was failing when I got there, so I tested their reaction to my lighting; needless to say, they weren’t perturbed by the brightness at all. The most amazing thing is that they must have similar genes to actual “Gremlins”, you know like that old movie - these things are multiplying! Now there are six of the little guys all in the same den and the adults are extremely tolerant of them all.
It was only after dark that I had some success today, I ran into three rhinos at Banyini Pan so I hung around there for a while until I decided to call it a day.
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