(Click on Image to scroll through images: Some of the Jongomero Team enjoying their fire training). One of the biggest threats to all camp life is fire.  In the dry seasons bush fires rage through most of our African Parks, these can be deliberate management done by the park authorities but deep in the dry season they are usually started accidentally or by bush meat or honey poachers.

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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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Jambo ! We returned to camp in the middle of May to find that the rains had been good during the closed season and the level of the lake was as high as has been seen for several years. The bush was green and grasses tall and while this is obviously a very healthy sign, we were all a little concerned about how easy it would be to relocate our prides of lions, pack of dogs and even the general game with visibility so greatly reduced.

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2009/2010 has proved to be an excellent season for game viewing in the Selous. We finished as we started with all of the main attractions being seen in the final two days. Rain fell throughout November and December but the first rain to affect the water levels in the area came in early January with a violent storm during the night of the 5th.

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In the mornings we awake to subtle shades of pink as the sun rises and in the evenings the sunsets streak the skies with red and orange , the annual controlled burning of the bush committed by the game department provides us with these picturesque scenes.

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