Day 2 - evening game drive

Louise & I went out for a late afternoon drive around 17:30. I must admit that I wasn’t really expecting to see very much in the way of wildlife – the temperature was still over 40, and any animals with the slightest bit of sense would still be catching 40 zzzzs under a tree somewhere.

Nevertheless, we did see quite a few beasties of different kinds, although all of them were quite some distance away – typically 100-200 m at best. The only animal we saw reasonably close up was a Gemsbok – but it took me by surprise and by the time I got my camera out and ready it had wandered off into the distance!

Nevertheless we did manage to see quite a few species, and some of my pix aren’t too bad (?).

We got back to the camp just before closing time at 19:30 – just in time for a shower and change, and then a bite of supper in the restaurant.

And now a reasonably early night with a view to a 5:30 start in the morning for all of us. The plan is to drive up to Mata Mata for lunch, with hopefully lots of game to be viewed on the way.

So we’ll see what happens when I try to rouse the troops at 05:00 tomorrow morning. If I wake up myself!







































Bloody fool, Downs. It's a Secretary Bird, not an Eagle.