Phinda 2025

Drive 8

We had our 8th Phinda game drive and our final drive from Zuka Lodge on the morning of 3 February with Busani and Musa.

Lioness With Cub

We saw a lioness with a very young cub. We couldn’t stay long and other rangers were told to avoid the area so as not to disturb the cub.

Lioness
Drive 8 - 1. Lioness With Young Cub

Giraffe

We saw a herd of giraffe. Curiously, two of them were sitting down.

Giraffe
Drive 8 - 2. Giraffe Sitting
Giraffe
Drive 8 - 3. Giraffe

Tree Snake

We saw a tree snake on the road. They are highly venomous.

Tree Snake
Drive 8 - 4. Tree Snake

White Rhino

We saw a lone white rhino on the road.

White Rhino
Drive 8 - 5. White Rhino

Dung Beetle

After the game drive we were at Zuka Lodge waiting for our transfer to Forest Lodge. We spotted something moving in the grass towards the lodge. It was a dung beetle. We had previously seen dung beetles land on elephant poo and roll a poo ball and roll it away. This time we were treated to the next installment where the beetle finds a suitable place to bury the ball.

Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 6. Dung Beetle With Dung Ball
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 7. Dung Beetle With Dung Ball
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 8. Dung Beetle With Dung Ball
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 9. Dung Beetle With Dung Ball
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 10. Dung Beetle Likes This Place
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 11. Dung Beetle Dug a Hole and Placed the Ball
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 12. Dung Beetle Digs Under The Ball To Bury it
Dung Beetle
Drive 8 - 13. Dung Beetle With Buried Dung Ball
Copyright (C) 2023 - 2026 Dr Phill Edwards & Steve Crawford, All Rights Reserved