Tanda Tula

Almost nine years at Tanda Tula, and Chad had never seen a serval here.

Then a couple of guides called one in this August, and it did not run. One became two, and two became three: a mother and her two youngsters, entirely calm around the vehicles. What happened next is in the blog, and for a moment it had Chad fearing the worst.

There was good news on the young ones, too. The seven Sark Breakaway cubs are growing up fast, with another litter on the way, and four youngsters kept the hyena den on Nkhari busy all month.

And Nyeleti, missing since the end of June, turned up back in her old haunts. A couple of days later, both her cubs were seen with her. Chad still hasn't laid eyes on them himself.

Chad's August review is in the Wayfinder. Link in bio.