We decided after breakfast today to
explore the river circuit at Ngutuni as some American students we
spoke to at dinner last night told us they had seen Cheetah along
there. We had not gone far along the route when we came across a
pair of Aardwolf locked in a sexual embrace...literally. Like all
canids they lock together during intercourse and can remain locked
for some time afterwards, we waited for around half an hour but the
pair were still immobilised by their copulatory clinch.
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| The ecstasy and agony of Aardwolf love. |
We left them
to it and carried on along the circuit Along the way we found another
Aardwolf; it was amazing to think that we had never seen Aardwolf
before and yet we came across three in one day. When we came back
round an hour later the amorous pair were still imprisoned by love;
by now they were starting to look a little fed up with the whole
experience and somewhat knackered! We bade them fair well and went
back to the lodge for lunch. We were surprised to find that we were
the only residents for lunch in the lodge, although there was a small
touring party. We debated having a second game drive after lunch but
as this is our final day of luxury on the trip, we elected to spend
the time watching wildlife on the waterhole from our balcony. Some
of the more unusual visitors this afternoon included; a female
Ostrich who was naturally very wary of the Elephants as she came in
to drink, later a large gang of Banded Mongoose invaded the waterhole
at speed, leaving just as quickly after a brief visit.
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| Aardwolf number three. |
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| Mrs Ostrich is very wary of the Elephants. |
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| But she does eventually get a drink. |
Tomorrow we head for the KWS campsite
at Kiboko near Hunter's Lodge, where we will spend one night in the
tent before heading to the Back-packers in Nairobi.
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