Friday, September 14, 2018

We saw the Big 5 ALL in a single day!

     Hard to imagine that things could get any better but today we saw the "Big Five"- Elephant, Rhino, Cheetah, Leopard & Cape buffalo all in a single day. Rare indeed.  We came across the lionesses that we saw 2 evenings ago at the riverbank along with the 2 male kittens and saw a third Rhino. An old soldier with really impressive horns. We then came across 2 older male lions who were "calling" out their presence in their territory. Impressive and a combination of thrilling/frightening at the same time.
   




Looks like she's smiling, but she's not!!





Majestic old lion in the sunlight



Massive yawn- for a lion it means he's getting ready to be active, unlike us...


Beautiful sunset, again with moon rise

Safari smorgasbord

Beautiful leopard




Oxpicker


White Rhino

Beautiful sunset with moonrise



Baby spotted hyena

Older sibling 



I never thought I'd find a hyena cute

Beautiful male cheetah spotted this morning on a termite mound

Elephants coming to the water hole for a morning drink

Cooling off

Warthog- so hard to photograph them as they're always running!!


The whole herd is here