Bundu Bashing!

The week got off to a great start for the students who went on drive with us, whilst the other students either went on their assessment drives with Mark or stayed at camp to do more studying. It's not often that we get to see a leopard, but this morning was an exception with a female leopard been sighted not far us. After taking a while to get there due to navigation problems (not ours!!) we eventually caught a glimpse of her disappearing into the bush. After trying to find her again but without luck, she decided to find us by walking right past us as we were looking for the land rovers stairs which I had lost whilst trying to find her! After following her for a while she eventually led us into very dense bush and we ultimately lost sight of her after about an hour as she ran off chasing something with the vervet monkeys going crazy in the background! We thought our fun was over, but it took us ages to get out of the bush. We eventually made it out, but without a number plate!! Still looking for that...

Later that week the students showed off their bush dinner skill by “hosting” staff and a couple of their colleagues. The scene was set, the table laid out in bush décor and wine was served. Never the less all students got a turn to host or to be served by the other students. Stories were told to set the scene and an enjoyable evening was had by all.

The week ended off with the students doing anti-poaching early on Saturday morning by looking for snares or anything odd but I'm happy to say there was nothing to report except two badly shaking up students when a civet exploded from under their feet and a scrub hare!! Too funny!

Till next time!

The Bushwise Team

Bundu Bashing!