This follows part 1 - http://stephendcook.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-safari-diaries-part-1.html
Monday 3rd September 2012
Drive 3 (pm)
Our first animal sighting in our afternoon drive was Zebra, one of my favourite African animals.
We then dropped Ernest off with some other trackers who were trying to track lions. As we drove away, after approximately 2km I spotted a leopard! I shouted to stop the Land Rover and we followed the leopard through the bush for a little while but this leopard continued to run so we turned back. Then the exciting news came through that Ernest had tracked some lions resting under a tree. We headed to the spot. It was a mother plus young male. That was it, Robin had showed us the magnificent 7 in two game drives which was a first for him. We high fived.
Basking in the glory we headed to one more sighting which was a cheetah with a kill. On the way we encountered a herd of elephants but didn’t really have time to stop.
With my wife's permission, this is her amazing shot. Check out the cheetah's red eyes.
As we returned to the camp we saw a lot of lights in the distance. This was a big surprise for us – dinner in the bush which was topped off by the Ngala ladies choir. Through the headlights we also got our first glimpse of a hyena which had obviously smelt the food cooking.
As we returned to the camp we saw a lot of lights in the distance. This was a big surprise for us – dinner in the bush which was topped off by the Ngala ladies choir. Through the headlights we also got our first glimpse of a hyena which had obviously smelt the food cooking.
Coming up - Hyena - Hunting with wild dogs, Hippo and spending two nights with two kings of the jungle.
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