A very happy new year to one and all, we here at Open Skies Wish everyone a truly blessed 2010 and may all your dreams come true. If the last few weeks of 2009 are anything to go by, 2010 should be an amazing year.

Wow were to begin, well over the last three weeks we have had 4 groups on safari and the amazing thing is that every group had something amazing in their trip.

A quick checklist of all that was seen:

1. Rhino’s Galore on every trip both walking and in vehicle
2. Elephants eating, Elephants Sleeping, Elephants on Foot, Elephants bathing and on one afternoon drive an elephant managed to spray the entire group with a combination of elephant snot, mud and water. As you can imagine the hilarity that ensued!
3. White Lions, the sighings have continued since our first viewing and they are prooving to be a real superstars as everyone wants to see these little treasures.
4. Leopards, hunting, sleeping and even a leopard with two 3 week old cubs. It was their first time to see game viewing vehicles and a truly special sighting.
5. Cheetah, yes amazingly in the last week we have now had three great cheetah sightings. 1 mother looking and calling for cubs, a different female with five 3 month old bundles of fur following her and a female on an impala kill with 3 9 month old energetic cubs
6. Wild Dogs yes we have infact seen three different packs over the last week. one pack of 16 and another of 12 and then 2 dogs out on the look out for potential prey. These animals are amongst the most endangered carnivores on te continent and to see so many is indeed positive signs. We were even priveldged enough to see them in action hunting, what stratergy and what stimina they showed.
7. General Game, everywhere. Zebra, Wildebeest, Kudu, Giraffe and buffalo in abundance. The good rains have left them in great condition and most of them are sporting new additions to the herds.

To sum it up in one word, Phenomenal!

Looking forward to seeing you on safari in 2010