As we came threw the gates we turned left and encountered our first watering hole. Full of zebras, springbok and a few jackals.
A few minutes down the road we encountered our first lion, a young male eating a giraffe behind a bush. The jackals were surrounding him hoping for a nibble at the giraffe but he was guarding his breakfast pretty well.
We carried on up the road to the next watering hole. Will tonnes of zebras, wilderbeast, and ostriches.
Next up was some giraffes, there are tonnes of them here!
We then saw our first elephant! A large male wandering alone. The first of many!
Next up was a very rare black rhino, who we got rather close to!
Feeling mega chuffed we headed to lunch which involved ample avocadoes. We used the pool at the campsite to cool off. Stevie did swimming races with some of the kids. Then it was back on the truck for the afternoon.
The afternoon was a slow start. We saw more zebras and springbok but little else for some time. Lesson number one about safari. There is a lot of waiting.
We headed to another watering hole and bumped into these guys having a drink.
we then saw a couple of lions quite far away, guarding the watery hole and chillaxing.
On the way out we saw entire herds of elephants walking along the horizon, with the sun setting behind them.
We headed bsck to camp. Have a g and t at the bar with the team all feeling suitably smug and happy.
Supper was homemade chipatis with curry and lentils then it was another early night before day two safari tomorrow!
Completely supraseeded my expectations!
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