Renewal, transformation & life at Umlani - Page 12

Being part of an open system reserve, we are fortunate to have a lot of animal movement into the reserve, be it from the Kruger National Park or our neighboring private reserves. Often we get huge herds of elephants and buffalo that one can only experience in these vast wilderness areas.
But more noticeably we will get the arrival of new individual big cats, especially leopards. Now every leopard has its own individual spot pattern, and after getting to know the leopards that have spent years in our traversing area it is very easy to see who the new comers are, some...like in this case are more easily recognizable than others. In this blog post we will be introducing you to one of these new leopards and hopefully one that will provide us with many hours of viewing in the years to come.

The month of December brought much needed rain to break the drought. Within weeks, the bush completely transformed into a lush green paradise.

The month of November has been amazing due to a couple of aspects. Not only have the sightings been incredible, but we have also received some much needed rain to relieve the dry, dusty drought conditions.

The month of October has come and gone but the early rains that arrived during the month show promise of a good summer season to come.

Spring has finally arrived in the Timbavati bush but the drought is far from over.