Little Balls of Brown Fluff

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Geo: -24.7605, 26.2917

This afternoon I joined Deon, Paul and his guests for a game drive. I love getting the opportunity to go on drives and get out of the lodge for a few hours. We didn't drive far before we saw a sighting. As we came around a bend there was a crash of white rhinos in the middle of the road. Eight of them were just standing there, looking around and not budging. We switched off and watched them for about 15 minutes and then they slowly walked off the road.

We drove through the plains and saw typical plains game of ostrich, impala, springbok, zebra and wildebeest. In the last week there had been sightings of two spotted hyena cubs and that is where we were headed. Luckily we didn't have to wait to see them. We were able to stop only a few metres away from them. They were gorgeous! Little balls of brown fluff. They were playing next to their den. There was no sign of their mother. We sat and watched them for about 30 minutes. For sundowner drinks we went back to the plains.

Once the sun had set we stopped by the den again and watched them for another ten minutes and then drove back to the lodge.

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Photos

01 Rhinos
A group or 'crash' of white rhinos.

02 Road Block
The rhinos blocked the road and only moved when they were ready to.

03 Moving
The rhinos started to slowly move off the road.

04 Off the Road
One of the first rhinos to move off the road.

05 Following
The rhinos following the leader and heading back into the bush.

06 Ostrich
An ostrich walking around the plains.

07 Fluff
The two hyena pups just came out of their den.

08 Going Back In
The pups contemplating going back into the den.

09 Out Again
The pups were now comfortable with our presence.

10 So Cute
They are so cute and fluffy.

11 Playing
Playing together.

12 Playing
The two pups play fighting.

13 One Ball
Two balls of fluff close together makes one big ball of fluff!

14 Sharp Teeth
Lots of little sharp teeth.

15 Biting
Trying to bite each other.

16 Still Biting
The whole time that we watched them they continued to play fight.