I thought these hippo looked like they were preparing to form a State Street Review Dance Wedge. ;)
Elephant
Mama elephant with two little ones
again, to show perspective of how close we are.
Yep - that close! That's our tracker, James, sitting in the front of our Range Rover
Beautiful Zebra
A bunch of Rhino (I'm sure there's a proper term for that)
Dick and the Rhinoceros (good band name, don't you think?)
Okay, here's where we tracked the large Lion Pride. Our guide, Lucian, suspected that one of the two male lions had made a kill earlier. Once the male lion returned to the Pride, the Lionesses and the younger cubs started walking towards where the kill was. They were hoping to get some leftovers. The two male lions followed, and the other male, which had not made the kill, took the kill away from the lionesses and younger lions, and ate it all himself. It was a very interesting thing to watch.
Male Lion and Lioness hanging out
one of the Lionesses starts to walk away, towards the kill - which is pretty far away)
the two male lions are following
the lionesses and younger cubs start to eat the kill (we had to drive a bit to find the kill, just before the lionesses came to it
the lionesses are feasting, while the hungry male lion approaches
the male lion fights for the food
food fight
hungry male lion eats the kill while the other male lion comes to see what's going on. He's full, so he just hangs out with the lionesses
lionesses wait patiently as the hungry male lion devours the rest of the kill
We had another nice surprise at the end of our safari. Our guides had arranged for a candlelight refreshments table and drinks be served in a quiet, tucked away part of the bush. We had a nice mulled wine and delicious nibbles
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