Being the last drive for my remaining four guests and still in search of elephant, our safari plan had all but chosen itself. On the way out we saw some fresh tracks for a large male lion. We followed for a while before losing them into the bush, so we looped around to see if we could pick them up again…but the lion hadn’t gone all that far. We found him lying fifty metres from the last track and he very obligingly decided to walk straight past the car and pose for the guests. After about twenty minutes with him he walked away from the road and went to sleep under a bush and that’s where we left him.
Now, on our way down to the South to see if we can find the elephants that my guests so desperately wanted to see, we got stuck in some traffic waiting for a leopard to pop out onto the border of our property. Within 5 minutes he was out strutting his stuff. A few months after a big fight with another male and you can see the damage that was done...This magnificent male seemed to lose a lot of condition after the fight because of loss of depth perception. But now he seems to have gotten used to the injury and is looking as good as ever.
We then managed to find the elephants as well as enjoy sundowners with zebra, wildebeest and nine rhinos. What an amazing way to end off a crazy day or so we thought… We fortunately still had one more surprise in store and as we headed home and rounded the corner, there stood a huge bull hippo staring at us! Being summer and not having too many large water sources to house large numbers of hippos means we don’t get to see them very often.
Now it was time for a nice cold beer and some amazing dinner…and on the menu was tomato tartlets with feta cheese and basil pesto, then cheese and wine soup (OMG YUMMY) and rack of lamb for mains with crème caramel to add a little sweetness before a night of pleasant dreams.
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