16 May 2015
After the
exhilarating game drives yesterday, we knew we had to settle for a little less
excitement today. Still, we had a great drive in the morning. We spotted a
hyena mum with a very disobedient pup. We couldn't tell if it was hers or if
she was just the babysitter. It looked like they were waiting for the others to
return, hopefully with some meat. But no others came. To be safe though, or
because it was already past bedtime, the mother kept on growling at the pup to
go back into the den.
However the
adventurous pup had different plans and kept on coming out again. It was a nice
sighting!
At the end of
our morning drive we had to say goodbye to Rebecca and Jennifer who are flying
back home tonight. Sorry we didn't see a giraffe closer, but I hope you had a
great time nonetheless! It was fun having you on safari with us!
The afternoon
safari was rather dull. It was still very hot and therefore most animals were
still hiding away in the shade somewhere. We saw the occasional white rhino and
elephant and lots of impalas, but mostly just trees and grass.
Other animal
sightings included vervet monkeys, a herd of buffalo crossing, a solo elephant,
many white rhinos including a mother and calf, a glimpse of a lion crossing, a
crocodile sunning himself, a hippo, waterbucks, plenty of kudus and even more
impalas, zebras, baboons, and loads of terrapins warming up in the sun. Oh and
we got caught by surprise when a wild dog ran across the road, but didn't
manage to find it back in the high grass.
Birds we saw
today included a saddle-billed stork, Egyptian geese, Cape glossy starling
drinking from a puddle, a black stork, two separate sightings of ground
hornbills, dark chanting goshawks, a hoopoe and three fish eagles in total.
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