Xinkankanka
I’ve learned to tailor my drives to suit guests aspirations. I’ll give you an example. I showed a couple of guests a Kori Bustard which is Africa’s largest flying bird. You’d say that they would be happy but no chance. Not even a picture taken of this beautiful bird. It weighs about 19kg so its some bird and when it flies and spreads it’s wings you’ve got to be impressed! Anyway I came up with some nice animals regardless and one was actually a bird!
There is nothing more beautiful than a young animal learning from it’s mother and with a mixture of adult seriousness and childish playfulness. Well that’s what I showed these guests when we came upon a pair of Xinkankanka(Cheetah) They are harder to see than Lions out here and I had to get a few shots of them. As you’ll probably agree a pretty majestic animal. They were in playful mode though and with no sign of an Impala around we knew they would chill out for a while and we spent an amazing half an hour just watching them. It was definitely the highlight of the day.
I had been talking to some of the other guides in the Lodges in our conservancy and they told me that the Leopard was back. One of the guides who had taken guests on a walk had actually seen it one morning. The Leopard had killed a couple of Impala quite close to our Lodge. With this in the back of my mind I came around the corner the other morning and I spot these tracks in the sand. I stopped abruptly and checked the big prints on the ground. I took some pictures. I was nearly positive that they were Leopard tracks until further investigation. I am a major fan of Leopards but not at these kind of close quarters! They turned out to be canine tracks. There are a few dogs in the conservancy so I presume they went for a little walk during the night! Not a great idea considering the aforementioned presence around and about the place.
I’ve learned to tailor my drives to suit guests aspirations. I’ll give you an example. I showed a couple of guests a Kori Bustard which is Africa’s largest flying bird. You’d say that they would be happy but no chance. Not even a picture taken of this beautiful bird. It weighs about 19kg so its some bird and when it flies and spreads it’s wings you’ve got to be impressed! Anyway I came up with some nice animals regardless and one was actually a bird!
There is nothing more beautiful than a young animal learning from it’s mother and with a mixture of adult seriousness and childish playfulness. Well that’s what I showed these guests when we came upon a pair of Xinkankanka(Cheetah) They are harder to see than Lions out here and I had to get a few shots of them. As you’ll probably agree a pretty majestic animal. They were in playful mode though and with no sign of an Impala around we knew they would chill out for a while and we spent an amazing half an hour just watching them. It was definitely the highlight of the day.
I had been talking to some of the other guides in the Lodges in our conservancy and they told me that the Leopard was back. One of the guides who had taken guests on a walk had actually seen it one morning. The Leopard had killed a couple of Impala quite close to our Lodge. With this in the back of my mind I came around the corner the other morning and I spot these tracks in the sand. I stopped abruptly and checked the big prints on the ground. I took some pictures. I was nearly positive that they were Leopard tracks until further investigation. I am a major fan of Leopards but not at these kind of close quarters! They turned out to be canine tracks. There are a few dogs in the conservancy so I presume they went for a little walk during the night! Not a great idea considering the aforementioned presence around and about the place.
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