Brandon Birch
Brandon has been a guide at Ulusaba for two and half years and has over 10 years’ experience, the majority of which has been in the Sabi Sands.
His favourite part of the job is that every day is different, no two game drives are the same and he loves sharing the exciting experiences with the guests.
His favourite animal is leopard. He saw one when he was a child, and fell in love instantly. He says that it’s ‘the beauty and the ruthlessness combined that never gets old because the more you think you know about them the more surprised you are when they change their behaviour.
His most memorable sighting was with a saddle billed stork and a cap clawless otter that were cooperatively fishing, pushing a school of bream, trapped in a large pool in the river back and forth between each other and sharing the spoils. For 40 minutes they went on until the activity attracted the attention of a big male lion who came and watched the show from a high bank over the pool. Unforgettably beautiful.