We were not as early as we had hoped in getting going, and we had to drive to a place where we started to walk, so that we didn't end with too much for our weak North American bodies.
I continue to be amazed at how well these guys can see things in the bush. What to us look like little specks of dirt or perhaps a log, they can pick out as wild boar, elephants, or in today's case, lions. Bono was able to see a brown speck in the grass, and knew this was a lion. We worked our way downwind, and were able to get within about two hundred metres of a magnificent male lion, along with two females.
We stood on a termite mound to see them, and they came out from under their tree for us, before trotting away.
We then met the car, and were on our way to a lunch spot when they saw some wild dogs under a bush. Turns out to have been a pack of them, and we stopped and got some very good pictures of them.
Later, after lunch, we saw another pack lying under a bush along with several vultures, as if they were all friends.
So I think I can safely go home now.
On our way back to the camp, we spotted an occupied aardvark den (the aardvark was out at the time, and there was no hyena in it either), and also stopped to admire a Blue Pansy Butterfly, along with the skeletal remains of a tortoise.
So a productive day all told. We are now back in camp, there are elephants grazing about three hundred metres away, and life is good. But it is hot, so I will go and have a scotch by the river.
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Location:Camp Vine
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