21 April 2015
We woke to a
cold morning and although we again had some fog around us the sun soon burned
through it.
Our first
highlight of the day was our first lion sighting. We arrived to find three females
flat out sleeping. The bulge in their bellies telling us they had eaten
overnight and weren't going to move away anytime soon. We were right as they
stayed put while we were there although they did humor us by sitting up and
looking around and occasionally taking a short walk to another shady area
before collapsing down again.
Our second
sighting was a herd of elephants close to the road, one wise female wasn't
worried about our presence as she crossed the road, with herself between us and
her small calf, just two meters or so in front of us. She stopped on the other
side had a quick snack and a quick glance at us and walked away out of sight as
cool as you like.
During the day
we also saw a pride of eight lions, hyena, rhino, buffalo, bushbuck, giraffe,
zebra, kudu, waterbuck, impala, hippo, a couple of massive crocodiles, leopard
tortoise, a tree squirrel and a chameleon crossing the road.
Birds included
bataleur, tawny eagle, marabou storks, wooly-necked storks, hamerkops, helmeted
guinea fowl, purple-crested turaco and African jacanas.
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