The Albatross
Thursday 24 August 2023
Where did the animals go, there was a skeleton crew of stuff to see this morning. Was there a strike called for better living conditions or something. Oh well, we had had 3 amazing outings, you can’t score every time. The lions were just visible up in some long grass, they’d obviously had a decent feed in the night as the apparently didn’t move all day.
So back to the lodge for breakfast and sitting on the deck watching the odd animal wander up to the water hole, mainly zebras, rhino and warthogs.
The evening drive was pretty much the same, we weren’t alone, there was virtually no radio chatter between the guides meaning no one is seeing anything exciting.
Then in the fading light the call that there was a Cheetah came through so we pelted over there to see it lying down in the fading light about 100m away. There were a couple of jackals moving around close it, and in the last light it moved up and walked in front of the Landcruiser. Unfortunately, way too dark for photos but very cool.
Heading home we came across a herd of buffalo in the spotlight, next to them were a mother rhino and her baby. There was a male rhino getting too close so she got rather stroppy. She snorted at him, then gave a passing buffalo a bit of a belting before locking horns with the male and telling him to sod off. He didn’t but it was time for us to leave.
So, the day ended pretty well. Last game drive tomorrow as our break comes to a close.