Lions!
We were up again at 5:05 am and out on the morning safari before 6 am.
After wandering for about twenty minutes, our guide Carl got a call that lions had been spotted crossing a main road. We ended up spenting the morning following a pride of lions (a male and four females). One of the females had a broken front left ankle. Kevin called her Lefty.
While we were on our morning break, the lions took down a juvenile Cape Buffalo. We went back and watched them feed on it. After the group fed for awhile, the male started fighting with the females and dragged the carcass under a bush.
With the females sitting around watching the male, a Cape buffalo stampede started on the hillside. We followed the females as they went to check out the commotion.
I was surprised that the lions didn't pay any attention to the trucks! When we were following them in the morning or sitting and watching them feed they just acted like we weren't there.
We saw a black rhino on the way back to the lodge. They are rare and very aggressive.
Back at the room, I worked on my blog.
Both Sharon and I picked at a beet salad for lunch.
Given that I am still struggling with my cold and getting enough sleep, I took a nap for about 45 minutes.
On the evening safari, I got a better crocodile photo. We checked on the sleeping lions and then raced to watch some African Wild Dogs harass a Kudu. On the way back to lddge in the dark, the tracker and guide spent time looking for leopards. All that we saw was a scopes owl and a chameleon.
For dinner, Sharon had a prawn salad and quail (an odd quail sausage), while I had carrot soup and pork loin. The dinner was not very good.
We crashed early. I was asleep just after 9 am.
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