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February 2026 - Week 4 Roundup
- Feb 25
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Kori Bustard & Black-backed Jackal
Sighted on: 24.February.2026
Our guests had barely stepped off the plane this week when the Kalahari’s natural theatre unfolded right on our airstrip. Before the engines had even cooled, this remarkable duo — a Kori Bustard and a Black-backed Jackal — strolled across the runway.
In the wide-open expanse of the Kalahari, our airstrip often becomes the perfect stage for wildlife; the cleared ground creates an ideal hunting corridor for jackals and a favoured walking route for the world’s heaviest flying bird, which finds the flat surface far better suited to a dignified patrol than the thick surrounding scrub.
This sighting was a masterclass in desert opportunism. The clever jackal trailed just a few paces behind the bustard, waiting for the bird’s heavy footfalls to flush out grasshoppers and lizards from the runway’s edge. It is a vivid reminder that in the Kalahari, the “safari” does not begin at the park gate or on a morning drive — it begins the moment you land. Whether it is a black-maned lion crossing your path or this quiet tactical partnership, the wild is already in motion.
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