Well, maybe it's not freezing, but cold enough for me to wear two pairs of pants, 3 shirts, and 2 jackets. Our lodge has warm, rain-resistant ponchos that help. There have been fairly strong winds and drizzle on the two game drives I write about here. Thanks to Candy for making sure we took this photo!
The weather hasn't stopped us from some amazing sightings. Before the afternoon game drive we saw a few Elephants come into the watering hole at the lodge. Then more & more. Peggy counted over 20 in all. What a treat.
Then something amazing happened. Charlie heard there was a Cheetah nearby, which is very, very rare in this area. I have seen two in the past way up north near the Botswana border, but never in this area. We searched and searched, but no Cheetah. Then Charlie got word that that there was a second Cheetah who had killed an Impala and was dining--a long way from where we were. We went on a "Ferrari Safari" to get to the Cheetah before dark. She was magnificent.
And for an extra treat, two Rhinos walked right by while we were viewing the Chetah.
There was a herd of Cape Buffalo in the area, so we headed out to find them. It was dark when we got there. It was hard getting this photo. It was the only one I took that wasn't really dark and blurry. Lucky shot.
So, our first drive in the cold was a big success. The next morning I caught a glimpse of this guy from the deck of my tent.
We headed out for the morning drive and Charlie found this male Lion (that we had seen walking the day before) with a female. These two had brought down a small Buffalo fairly recently. Charlie told us that lions often follow buffalo herds looking for weak or slow members. Since the lions just ate, they were digesting and not moving.
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