Just as they said, our wake-up knock was at 5:15. We had to be at the main building by 5:40 for coffee/tea, fruit or biscotti. Our ranger’s name is Liam and our Tracker is named “service.” We drove through the brush and found an elephant, a chameleon, several giraffes a vulture, a wildebeast and many impalas. In fact, there was a female impala right outside our front door that stayed the entire morning, She was beautiful. I have wanted to see the animals almost my entire life and can’t believe where I am and what I saw.
It has been very cool here in the evening and early morning. I have been layered with, t-shirt, thin sweater, UV protected shirt & a North Face fleece. Also my Tilley hat has been just wonderful. There are blankets and ponchos always in the vehicle. We had breakfast upon our return, at 9:00 and the rest of the time we could relax until lunch at 2:00. We are not allowed to walk out of our cottage alone in the early morning or the evening – the animals are all around. Afternoons we can walk unescorted. During the day we would charge our batteries, check our pictures and relax on our deck. Our deck is high enough where we can see monkeys preening each other in a tree just in front of us. They’re little thieves, though, and all the doors, glass doors to the deck in our room and the bathroom, along with the front door, must be locked at all times. The monkeys outside of our room were white with black faces and are called “Vervet.” On our 4:00 drive we saw a leopard but could not get a good picture. Also saw some water buffalo but it was too dark to photograph. Came back with just enough time to put our things away & have dinner. We ate outside at the big “Bama” (an outdoor barbecue). Our tables were in a single line in front of a huge bonfire inside a wooden fence. Dinner was buffet style consisting of chicken, lamb stew, roasted vegetables, corn on the cob & the best sweet potatoes. It was really wonderful. Did I mention that I took these pictures?
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