Wednesday 7th March
SHE SAID:
After hearing the lions roaring to each other throughout the night we headed off in search of them. Mr Bones led us straight to a large male sunning himself on the salt pans.
Then we were off to meet the Kalahari Bushmen/ San People. We spent a couple of hours learning of their culture, traditions and were shown how they find food, light fires with just sticks, their songs and games they play.
A fascinating morning.
The afternoon tour was highly anticipated, well for me at least. We went to meet a Meerkat tribe.
OMG SO CUTE.
They have been habitulized to humans; they take no notice of you whilst they forage for food, running around you, even between your legs. We followed them back to their burrow / hide. They brought out their babies, and I was able to lie down very close to them and had 3 or 4 of them use me as a lookout point. If it wasn't for the millions of mozzies I could have stayed all night. It was an awesome experience. I think Geoff got a couple of photos of me!
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| The sun hitting the palms & salt pans |
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| Mr Bones our guide searching for last night's roaring lions |
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| Found him.... |
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| So cute...Ground Squirrels |
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| Rock Monitor |
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| Steenbok |
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| Black-winged Stilt |
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| Fiery-necked Nightjar |
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| Wattled Crane |
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| Masses of water across the salt pans, on our way to the Meerkat Tribe |
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| Meercats or Suricates |
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| Guard duty |
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| Heading for the burrow |
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| Meeting the tribe |
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| A good vantage spot |
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| Hi there |
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| Tha babies came out too; totally unafraid of me |
HE SAID:
Another big day, with lions, bushmen, and Varena's giggly cutesy wootsy luvvy wuvvy inducing creatures, meerkats.
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