After a night of lions roaring and elephants trumpeting, which kind of scared me a little, woke to a bright day.
Game drive for the whole day, absolutely amazing experience.
The tour group is a good mix of people and so far getting along pretty well but the person who stands out is our guide. Young, beautiful, kind of sexy, nearly always barefoot and more often than not with a cigarette in hand is teeming with knowledge and with her the tour is so much more interesting.
Throughout the game drive we learnt about the things we saw, like the tower of giraffe. Giraffe walk with both left legs moving at one time and then the right. Saw so many of them, they are so regal.
Spotted a black rhino, Jeevan saw one white rhino, I did not. Herds and herds of zebra, pretty animals. Varieties of the antelope family are abundant , Springbok, Gnoe ( Wildebeest), Impala( Mcdonalds of the park as they are everywhere), Kudu, Hartebeest, Duiker and Oryx.
Terapins (chelonian family includes the turtle and tortoise) we saw were making out, ahem ahem.
Birds of such beautiful bright colors, bright orange, blue, crimson, were flying around. Lilac breasted roller, the national bird of Botswana, flies really high and then drops , rolling as it comes down , and takes off as it reaches the ground, to impress it's mate. Kori bustard, are everywhere, heaviest flying bird, only saw one fly, that too for a minute. Secretary bird kicks snakes head on and gobbles them. National bird of South Africa, the Blue Crane made the truck wait for it while it crossed the road. Baby ostrich are sooooo cute, especially when they sit and all you can see is their heads and necks.
Ended the drive near a open area which was full of giraffe, zebras, springboks and wildebeest ( lions were oblivious to this spot obviously) , picture perfect.
Beautiful day.
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Wow! Your guide has done well. Gemsbok (oryx), secretary bird. Awesome! So jealous right now!
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