Day 10: Out in the Timbavati

Yesterday afternoon we had a number of visitors to the watering hole that we can see from our decks, tents, & the lodge.

The weather turned really hot for our afternoon game drive. It was close to 100 degrees, but a very dry heat. Here's a Wahlberg's Eagle.

This guy surprised us walking in front of the vehicle when we were looking elsewhere.

We've seen lots of these Blacksmith Lapwings.

We spent the evening watching lots and lots of hippos.

Cold winds came in overnight, so we were bundled up for our morning game drive. It's amazing how the weather can drop 40 degrees in a flash. We started out watching a herd of elephants. This is the first time I've seen an entire herd feeding on one tree at the same time.

Charlie got a call that two male lions from a coalition had come to our lodge's watering hole. He turned around the Land Cruiser and we found they had made their way out into the bush. These were new lions for us and really cute!

We came across a 2-month old baby Rhino running with its mom. I couldn't get a photo, but later we came upon two young males. In the Timbavati they don't cut the horns off Rhinos. They have a very strong anti-poaching program. Once a year, everyone who works in the preserve has to take a polygraph test to find any potential connections to poaching.

We ended our morning drive with a group of Kudu. Love this guy.