Dog Day Afternoons.

[Pumbaa]

Love the jumping Impala and the wild do artists impressions

[Richprins]

All lies!

[PJL]

Wowzers Dewi... I bet if there was no grit on the T-bones you would have probably thought you imagined the whole thing

It's been a long time since my visits to the nice unfenced camps in Botswana. When the kids are old enough...

Looking forward to hearing more of your trip

[Mel]

That is absolutely mind-blowing!!!

And you gueesed right Bring'em on

Oh, and this will not be the whole of your TT. You went way too fast from the preparations to the last day

[Lisbeth]

WOW, wow, wow, wow!!!!

You must be exaggerating

Who is the artist? beautiful drawing

Those steaks.....

and now to the rest of the trip

[Flutterby]

Wow Dewi, what an amazing evening you had!!

The T-bones look good!

[Alf]

I'm wondering if it's all the beer you had that made you imagine this jaw dropping story

I'm on board to see the next episode

[Dewi]

Thanks for your comments Pumbaa, RP (?), PJL, Mel, Lis, Flutt's & Alf.

I'm the artist Lis. The "sketches" of the dogs are photos that I took.

The dogs use the lay of the land within the campsites to funnel prey to a pinch point. On one side of the camp, the Khwai River runs along it's length, with the access road forming a sandwich on the other side of the campsites. The road and river come together fairly close just after the last campsite (the one we were at on the last night), and the dogs push the Impala into a trap, with other pack members waiting for them at the pinch point. Their den is only a short trot up the main Mbabane/Savuti road from the pinch point, so the dogs use this hunting method on an almost daily basis.

We were told to expect the dogs in camp when we arrived, but took this information with a pinch of salt at first!

After the first encounter with them, we all three agreed that no one would believe us. After the second & third encounter, I knew I'd be called a liar. Thanks RP. I just won my bet with the other two.

We drank all the beers after the encounter Alf. We spilled all the ones opened previously in our excitement.

[Lisbeth]

What's the name of the camp? or did you say it

[Dewi]

Dijara. Close to the village of Mbabane. Ask for the manager - Andre. Great guy and his team of workers there are true gems.

http://www.dijaracampsite.com/

If you want a bit more luxury Lis, a few km's down the road there's Mogotlho. We also stayed here a couple of nights and really enjoyed the hospitality and again, the camp staff are gems.

http://www.mogotlhosafarilodge.co.za/