Yet more photos from the safari ...
Below: Kudu
Waterbuck (aka Toilet Seat Buck)
Below Fish Eagle
Below: Impala
The main object of the game drive was for us to see the Lions (well actually to hear them was more important as Nan had told us how often they wake her in the mornings !!!)... of course they weren't playing along nicely to start off with ... but Alex heard on the radio that one of the other vehicles that was out, had spotted a couple of them so we headed off to find them ... as we got closer one of the males decided to give us a 'chorus'!!! It is actually called colouring and the sound is quite indescribable ... but leaves goosebumps on the skin ... and tears in the eyes !!! (soft bugger I hear you all say, I now know that Lions are related to cats cos at one point it sounded like the lion was coughing up a fur ball !!!)
We rounded a bush and there he was - just lying out in the open ... not a care in the world. In fact at first I thought ihe was dead cos he did'nt move even when our vehicle approached. But then he lifted his head and proved he was very much alive by 'colouring' again ... apparently it is a way for the lions to tell each other where they are ... there were no females about, but one of them has 2 young cubs and she stays pretty much under cover at the moment and the other females are also kinda protective of her, but we did hear the reply in the distance to prove they were about.
It was fantastic ... after about 100 or so photos we moved off and left Mr L. to just lie around snoozing ... dusk was just around the corner and Ben wanted us to see the Elephants too ... they were around the water hole but as I said before the light was not good so my photos are crap! (I really have to take a course or something on night photography or maybe spend some time playing with my camera) Alex also parked up in the middle of the veld, once it was dark, and switched off the engine ... so we could listen to the night sounds and see just how dark it is in the bush !!! All the kids loved it ... we had to be careful cos there are other predators about too ... like leopard and cheetah, both of which enjoy a good hunt ... but thankfully we had no incidents !!! Of course the boys had to 'mark' their territory in the bush !!! pmsl ... typical man thing.
I have to say the Game Drive was the highlight of our week ... Kelsey had decided he wants to be a Game Ranger now ... in fact he spent the rest of the week READING !!! any and all books he could get his hands on about the wildlife of Africa, he even spent some of his Birthday money on a Wildlife book when we got back to the city !!!
The rest of the week was spent bird watching, mountain climbing (the boys not me) some crafting and lots of talking . We did do some shopping too in the local town (felt a bit like the twilight zone... stepped through a time portal) Nan's mum is also a crafter and she took us to her local bead shops ... you'll be seeing some of the stunning necklaces that Ouma makes later on ... gonna get her working her fingers to the bone ... lmao !!!
More on the end of the week later with even more photos ... ;-)
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