Weather
Extremely hot.
It’s quite confusing because there were signs of
rains. They are much needed.
Briefly
The animals are by the rivers - which are drying up
- to quench their thirst. If the drought continues, many animals will die. We’re
seeing them become weaker by the day. It’s sad to see weak animals like
warthogs and impalas getting stuck in the river.
The elands and hippos are around the campfire at
night. Our residents Jumbos are on
the other side of the dam feeding on acacia trees. It’s very interesting for
our guests to watch this from the restaurant.
Temperature
20’c
morning
37’c
at midday
28’c
at sunset
In
Tsavo West National Park, the rivers are drying up with patches of grass by the
river banks. Although the grass is short, it’s better than nothing for the
animals.
This
week we had several nature walks.
Along
Sante River, we had the usual - zebras, waterbuck, giraffes, warthog, impalas
and elands. They interact because they have one thing in common – security -
and so they alert each other in case of danger. The biggest danger is the lion.
Still
on the nature walk, we saw the rock python under thick shrub which made the
guests happy to see a real snake in the bush.
Predators
Lions
One female with two cubs was seen near Kitani Bridge.
Cheetahs
The male cheetah was seen twice this week. The first
day it was at the end of our airstrip. Yesterday we saw him during the night
game drive at Lake Solomon inside the Sanctuary.
Written by Stephen Lekatoo
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