We did two half-day Safari trips today in the park. The first half of the day was at a “hide” which was essentially a large container positioned next to a watering hole where you quietly waited for game to visit. It was a comfortable way to observe with snacks and beverages being served but we actually saw few game there and most of our sitings were by just driving around the park and visiting various watering holes or just happening upon game on the drive.
On our drive to the hide, we stopped by a watering hole because our guide spotted something across a huge plain. We couldn’t see anything. Turned out to be several lions and as we came in, we also saw the carcass of a young elephant that had been killed about a week ago.
The lions and other animals had picked it pretty clean but a jackal still found something to eat.
There were a couple animals left on our “really hope to see list” a Warthog and a rhino but as the people told us “it is not a zoo – you might see them and you might not”. We were able to see a few new things including a young giraffe, and a young elephant,
After the hide, we headed back to the lodge for lunch and along the way we came upon two ostriches sitting next to the road and they wouldn’t move as we drove up to them.
After a minute, a little head popped out from beneath one of them and we realized they were sitting on some young.
After that, we headed back in for lunch and a bit of rest before our afternoon Safari and our last trip into the park.
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