Yesterday's a**holes complained enough to get their own vehicle today but they will be charged for it - good riddance. So today we are sharing with the Newbies, Paul and Wilma from the Netherlands, lovely people and once again great English speakers.
Today starts with yet more lions, so if you've had enough of them I suggest you move swiftly on. This is the same pride as we'd seen on Day 1 Kaingo; there are several adult females plus two sets of cubs; one 3 months old and the others 5 months but the difference in just two months size is amazing. It was early morning and they'd obviously spent a lot of the night eating as you could see their swollen stomachs and the adults were fairly lazy but the little ones were full of fun and mischief.
Come on Mummy, wake up!
We reluctantly dragged ourselves away and then came across this lone hyena finishing off someone's kill, with a hopeful vulture patiently waiting for his turn.
And a close up of a Lilian's Lovebird.
We'd seen flocks of quelea back in Botswana but this was the first time we'd come across any here.
Back at our favourite watering hole, these two lionesses were hiding in the bushes and the zebra knew they were there so were very nervous.
They really are funny sometimes
Zebra Crossing
We drove around the lake to stop for our tea break and in the tree above were two Verreaux's Eagle owls with their distinctive pink eyelids.
As I've mentioned before, I find photographing birds particularly difficult but these Grey Herons kindly stayed still for a while.
Woo hoo, I actually got a LBR in flight
Our short drive back to camp for Brunch produced these two lovely Cookson's Wildebeest, endemic to the South Luangwa Valley they are very different in colour to the common "blue" wildebeest. Their colouring and markings really are very pretty.
I know it's another "bird on a stick" but I like it and its in focus for once (White Fronted Bee Eater).
Phew, what a morning!
Then after another delicious lunch and some much needed downtime we went back to the Hippo Hide so Wilma and Paul could see them in action. It was considerably quieter than when we'd been the other day and a lot of the hippos were out of the water on the opposite bank.
And just a few yawns
After dark we found another leopard, the photos are pants but i just loved watching her roll around like any other pussy cat
We followed her for a while but nothing happened. Cats eyes are supposed to be able to regulate the amount of light their eyes see and are therefore are not bothered by the vehicle lights (as opposed to deer etc which are temporarily blinded)
For me the night drives are quite tedious because they're never going to result in a decent photo but I guess it's nice to experience the wildlife.