Started the day by seeing 3 lionesses meandering on the road as the sun was rising. After a male rhino with family charged our jeep. we saw a harem of impala, herds of wildebeasts and Cape Buffaloes, a dazzle of zebras and some wart hogs. We were fascinated by watching brother cheetahs playing and marking their territory on the side of the road
Back in our camp for lunch the big excitement was having a monkey grab a loaf of bread from a neighbor’s picnic table and scurry up a tree. On our afternoon game drive Elvis, our guide, said that because of the plethora of elephants (14,000) and buffaloes (30,000), the government needs to cull the herds.
The highlight of our wild life viewing was seeing a leopard cross the road. While Elvis parked on the side of the road waiting for him to cross back, several cars stopped and the drivers thought it was very unlikely that the leopard would cross the road again. Our patience paid off when the leopard not only walked across, he stopped and looked at us. What a thrill!
That evening we walked to dinner through some impalas – some asleep and others just chewing their cud.
