Sable Antelope: one of the mammal highlights of the trip, we found two of these striking animals deep in the mopane woodland around Mvuu.
Waterbuck: fairly numerous around Mvuu, though only seen in small groups
Kudu: despite seeing quite a few of these handsome large antelopes, it took us a couple of days to find any that really posed for photos
Rock Hyrax: seen around the Safari Beach Lodge hotel, near Lake Malawi
Hippo: Mvuu means Hippo in the local language, and there was certainly no problem finding plenty of these along the river.
Nile Crocodile: another common resident around Mvuu, pretty close to our accommodation as well!
Monitor Lizard: after a very near miss with a large Monitor that crossed right in front of our 4x4 on the first evening, we only saw a couple more during the trip. I guess this one was around 3-4 feet long – they do get a bit bigger as well!
Locust: this was the first time that we’d seen the Locusts that cause so many problems destroying crops etc in southern Africa… an impressively large creature!
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