Hi Everyone!
Thought I would give you a little of our news from this exciting part of the world!!
April was a fantastic month, and Thank you to all the Operators that continue to supprt us. We had alot of fun with our guests, and for some of them that have never been in the bush, they were totally blown away!
Up at Bukela we had the whole heard of elephant arrive. Most of my Irish group was in by this stage and relaxing at the pool side whilst the elephant chomped on trees near by and casually sauntered around watching the guests do what you do whilst on holiday! But by afternoon we had 3 guests arrive to join up with their friends, and they thought it was the most awesome thing that they could not get to their rooms because there were elephant in the way!! They had 2 young bulls eating outside their room, so they were more than happy to borrow a jacket or 2 from their friends to go on the afternoon game drive!! We finally managed to get the guests luggae into their rooms that evening!!! So at least when they arrived back from drive we were able to show them to a nice warm room for a bubble bath!!!
The next day during their brunch the elephants were back - this time having a hay day at the water hole infront of our lapa. We were able to take the guests pretty close, and they all crouched in awe of the beautiful creatures, blissfully playing with their young and splashing each other with the cool water. I have attached a great shot for you to see.
On the reserve front, our gorgeous cubs have grown up alot and looking so funny! They are all hairy and kind of look like an ant bear from a far! Damara the proud Mum has done a great job in hiding them away from us, until she was ready for us to all take a peep - and I tell you being on a vehicle with these little babes in front of us, is like being with a vehicle of papparazzi!! The cameras are going hell for leather to get shots - they are just too cutte not to get carried away!! Damara is very happy for us to look at a safe distance, and we have put a rule in place that nobody gets closer than 75m, so that the cubs can get used to the vehicle and not freightend away. She totally posses for the camera, as you will see from the shots I have attached.
The 2 young male sub-adults are enjoying life out on their own, and are looking very healthy. So we have no worries that they will be totally fine.
Great news with the white rhino. They have been seen mating, so we can hopefully look forward to new arrivals early next year.
The youngest of our baby white rhinos look to gorgeous! He looks like he is wearing pyjamas that are too big for him!!!
We have seen very interest interaction between the balck &white rhino playing with each other, and with the buffalo. They seem to live in harmony with everyone, and are totally happy with life. No worries that we get quite close and sit for ages watching their interactions.
There are loads of baby Zebras around, and I just love them! You can imagine a childs rocking horse - with the long soft furry mane of theirs and being sooo small, they are truly beautiful.
My hungry baby birds above my office door have finally flown the coop and I'm rather chuft I must say! That Mum really had her work cut out for her, as they were always chirping at the tops of their voices for more food!!!! I did see her many times bring home fat worms or something just as delicious for them, but it never seemed to fill them up or keep them quiet for long!!! So our babes have flown the nest and fending for themselves. Good job mama starling!!
Hlosi continues to be a place of abundance and it is never quiet for long there. The elephant hear have also taken a like-en to the swimming pool there, and it is amazing to see them all at once gather around for a drink. Even the babies squash in for a bit of the action!
Our black rhino still love to hang about and watch what these strange guests get up to, and peacefully eat around the lodge very relaxed. Quite something to show a first time visitor. Our kids are besides themselves to see them so close.
The kids packages have been a great hit, and the kids love to spend time with our Rangers looking for bugs, or inspecting different animal sculls and bones. Their very own homemade pizza is also a huge hit!!
Naturally Milo our little Meer-kat is soaking up all the attention - from one loving clutch to the next. It is such a fun thing to take the kids out to find Milo some bugs! We move logs carefully incase of anything we don't want to see! and hope there will be lovely juicey worms or caterpillars or something underneath. And when there is, he just jumps in with such excitement for the meal ahead!!! He is too cute and you can't help love him.
My favourite shot of him is to see him standing on the edge of the outside deck facing the sunset and see his lovely silouhette - as if checking out if there is any danger lurking, or simply enjoying the view - as we all are!
After all the testing our buffalos went through (from my last news letter) we are very proud that our boys are very healty and TB free, so we can now start searching for some beautiful Gals to join the heard! Yay!
Our 4 twin suites at Hlosi are being refurbished as we speak, and look so rich and handsome with their new coat of paint. The rooms are looking great, and now with our beautiful Family suites, we really have stunning accommodation. I feel very proud to take our guests to their rooms and show them around.
We have also just got our 5 star grading renewed at both lodges, so we know we are doing a good job and we are on the right road for success!
So until next time, keep sending us those great people so we can share this all with them!
Enjoy the pictures attached.
Bye for now
Kerry
www.lionroars.com
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