Probably Africa's most misinterpreted creature.  The ponderous Hippopotamus.  Often portrayed as big friendly cuddly beasts occasionally sporting a little ballet dress or tutu spinning around with agile graceful movements and bringing joy to all.

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Safari is not purely about the big five or the larger game even though this is what does make safari famous.  However everything has its place in nature and plays an integral part of the overal functioning of ecosystems, from termites to elephants.

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The Ruaha National Park is drying up fast.  The main Ruaha River is now little more than a stream but thakfully its waters still flow along a small ribbon of green paradise bisecting the park.  The water table is dropping forcing the elephants to dig deeper and deeper into the sand rivers to get access to water.

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The good rains made finding the big cats more difficult during the first few weeks of season but a pride of ten, with small cubs, has been entertaining the guests for the past few days. The wild dogs have been seen fairly regularly but there has been a change in our local pack; the beta pair has gone off on their own and the alphas joined by two young females.

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(Click on Image to scroll through more images).   Partial lunar eclipses are relatively common affairs however to view to total lunar eclipse is quite a rare occurence so all guests waited with bated breath for the wonderful astronomical spectacle which we knew was coming on the 15th of June.

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