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2007 Game sightings
January 2007
Peak of the rainy season with hot and humid days. The vegetation is lush with flowers in bloom and fruit on certain the trees. Many nursery herds and lots of predator activity. Buffalo and elephant sightings every 2 to 3 days along the riverfront. Rhino seen four times during the month. Hyaena sightings on the 4th, 14th, 19th, 21st and 26th. Hippos, crocodiles, impala and waterbuck seen everyday and kudu seen every week. Sightings of bushbuck, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, warthog, baboons and vervet monkeys were reported throughout January
February 2007
Weatherwise February is very much like January. Animals disperse to new grazing grounds and the river levels continue to be high. The viewing highlights for February were the cheetah with two cubs on the 5th, wild dogs and hyena also on the 5th and a leopard on the 10th. In addition hyena were seen on the 14th and 21st. On the 11th a hippo gave birth opposite chalet 84. Buffalo were reported on 12 separate occasions throughout February and elephant visited the river 9 times between the 3rd and the 26th. White rhino were seen twice on the 9th and 16th. Other game seen during February included wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, kudu, warthog, bushbuck, impala, waterbuck, baboons, vervet monkeys, crocodiles and hippos.
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