12 January 2016
This afternoon
we entered the park with a group of 9 students from The USA, staying for one
night only. On the way to camp for check-in we saw a small herd of Plains
Zebra, as well as our first herd of Impala for the day. There were many lambs
with the Impala herd, most of them lying down together in a shady spot,
supervised by some of the adult females.
After a quick
lunch break and checking in to our accommodation, we continued our drive,
heading out to a nearby waterhole. This proved to be the right place to be for
some afternoon action, as first we saw an African Fish Eagle catching a fish,
followed shortly by a crocodile catching a fish. Then, as we were about to
leave, one of the guests spotted some elephants leisurely feeding on the far
side of the waterhole. We watched for a while and realized that it was a small
breeding herd and they were on their way to the water. We sat and watched as
they came down for a drink, a little nervous as there was a very young baby,
which I estimated less than 2 months old, in their midst. After drinking, they
walked around to another spot where they had a mud bath and played around in
the water for a short while.
Shortly after
we found 2 magnificent Sable Antelope Bulls and also some Giraffe crossing the
road in front of our vehicle and browsing on the side of the road.
At one point,
upon rounding a bend there was a Elephant bull in full musth in the road. He
crossed the road, but as soon as we stopped to watch him he decided that he was
not at all happy with our presence and gave a bit of a warning charge to get
the message across and the adrenaline pumping!
Our last
sighting of the day was of a large bull White Rhino grazing past our vehicle
and crossing the road behind us bringing and end to an action-packed afternoon.
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