An early start
We go out twice a day here. The afternoon trip starts at 4 pm and we get back around 8 pm when we then have dinner.
The morning trip starts at just after 5 am, and returns in around 9 am for breakfast. I surprised myself by waking up at 4.30 am without the need for a call.
A troop of baboons crossing the track.
And then departing into the bush.
The first big five sighting – white rhinos.
They don’t seem to be worried by visitors as much as some beasts – possibly because they know few things short of a mortar could hurt them. You can see here how close you can get to them. Would be very messy if they did a sudden charge as they can move at 50 km/hr.
This rhino would weigh at least two tonnes. The horn is close to a metre long. They are the largest land mammals after elephants.
These are dwarf mongooses, and they are the smallest carnivores in Africa, being up to a foot long.
And the second big game sighting. Mr Buffalo. They will usually kill a lion one on one. It generally will take multiple lions to kill a buffalo. They estimate 200 people a year in Africa are killed by a buffalo.
A meeting of the local Bar Association.
A literal zebra crossing.
A monkey up the tree.
You could almost touch these antelopes.
An eagle in the tree.
And back home at 9 am. It’s a good day when you’ve done so much before breakfast!