SHE SAID:
Our game drives today were again filled with animals, both animals seen previously and new to us sightings. We shared the morning and afternoon trips with the Capetonians, Sussi & Steve. Steve was very good at spotting animals.
New sightings were: Red Lechwe and Tsessbe, both large antelopes. Reed Buck, and large Saddle-billed Storks, similar to the Australian Jabirus.
During our afternoon siesta we had the awesome sight of a herd of elephants walking through the camp; they came pretty close to the tent....
On the afternoon drive eagle-eyed Steve spotted a Boomslang Snake attacking a Tree Squirrel, then beginning to eat it. Quite a sight.
On the afternoon drive eagle-eyed Steve spotted a Boomslang Snake attacking a Tree Squirrel, then beginning to eat it. Quite a sight.
Our planned Mokoro canoe trip was abandoned when a hippo was sighted in the launching pool. They aren't normally there & are too unpredictable to face in a small dug-out canoe. It meant that sundowners came early...
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| African Grey Hornbill |
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| Saddle-billed Stork |
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| Burchell's Starling |
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| Southern Ground Hornbill |
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| Woodland Kingfisher |
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| Little Bee-eater |
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| Senegal Coucal |
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| Male Red Lechwe |
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| Giraffe with Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
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| Waterbucks-back & front |
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| Boomslang Snake eating a squirrel |
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| Watching us from the road ahead |
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| Tsessbe |
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| Sitting on our Moroko dugout canoes - we didn't go out as there was a hippo in the pool |
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| Sundowners drinks with Steve, Sussi, KG, our tracker and Geoff |
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| A storm gathering |
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| The elephants come visiting |
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| After the storm, the lovely sunset |
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| Sable Alley |
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| Beautiful dusk over the hippo pool |
HE SAID:
The variety and density of wildlife here is amazing. The locals here would be rather disappointed with just how spread out the animals in Australia generally are.
Having a herd of elephants meander through the camp was special. There are already resident hippos, and several other visiting species, so were just lucky the elephants came to visit too.
The variety and density of wildlife here is amazing. The locals here would be rather disappointed with just how spread out the animals in Australia generally are.
Having a herd of elephants meander through the camp was special. There are already resident hippos, and several other visiting species, so were just lucky the elephants came to visit too.
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