Saturday, October 13, 2018

Day 22: Day 21: Lions, lions, lions

In the afternoon, there was a herd of Zebras that came to Motswiri’s watering hole.  They were really amazing to watch.


Here’s a short video of them coming in.



The watering hole has been a wonderful place to see the animals up close.

As we went out on the evening drive, we saw rhino and kudu.




Our ranger found one of the male lions, but he still hadn’t found his buddy.  I could watch these majestic animals all day.



We came across yellow hornbills—I kept trying to get a good shot of one of these.



There was a huge movement of a herd of 250 Cape buffalo.  Here’s a couple of guys who were with this gigantic herd.



Then we had an elephant come right by our jeep.



And finally, this is a Kori Bustard.  It is the largest flying bird in Africa.



We had a beautiful sunset and an outdoor dinner in the boma, cooked by Visser, our ranger.




The next morning our ranger was following paw prints and finally got to the lions that had been looking for each other.  These are the same two males and 18 year old female that we had seen early in the trip.  Finally reunited.


The female decided she wanted to move. 



Pretty soon the two males followed her.  They were really spectacular. 





We ended the day at a big watering hole with tons of animals coming in to drink together.  I love the elephants—rolling in the mud is a favorite pastime.




This safari has been terrific. 

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