Last day of game drives

Up at 4:30 am, game drive at 5 am, driving rain at 7:30 am made for an interesting start of the day.  We had a nice viewing of a group of lions. In the second picture you and see the backs of two young cubs. 

Because of the rains many of the animals were staying in close groups like the wildebeest and the impala.

 We also saw some hawks and other birds. 

We returned to our lodge for brunch, got warmed up, and I took a two hour nap. At 2:30 we went on my final game drive. We were close to two male lions and they crossed the road right in front of our land rover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The vultures were on the hunt across the road from where the lions were seen.

Next we saw two cheetahs but they were at quite a distance. I am hoping that someone with a better camera shares pictures with me. If you squint you might see 2 cheetahs in this picture that I took.

Guinea fowl are seen in the middle of the roads. Our guide said that they feel safer in the road because it protects them from snakes.

We ended the day with a lecture about the issue of poaching rhino horns and the greatly reduced rhino population in Kruger Park. It seems to be an issue of corruption and cooperation with foreign governments that want to trade in rhino horns. Then a local song and dance troupe performed songs and dances from 3 different tribes in South Africa.

I ended a good day of game viewing but I kept my record intact and did not see a leopard in the wild. Even so it has been a wonderful privilege to go on games drives once again.