Sunday May 16 2010

Sunday May 16, 2010

What a full day! The morning was spent spotting two white rhinos, and getting out of the vehicle, and tracking them on foot with our guide equipped with a gun in case there could be danger…

We came close to the animals on foot twice, about 10 meters from the two animals that were grazing… We also were able to see three crocs at a water hole. Two were sunning themselves close to the shore… The third one looked like a piece of wood at the surface of the water. We also saw several marabou storks and guinea fowls.

The afternoon was spent trying to spot three female elephants, and after several tries in the same area, our guide saw fresh foot tracks in a thicket area, and we were able to spot them and track them as they were travelling and eating foliage from trees. Once they were spotted, other game viewing vehicles joined us, and a couple of times, the elephants became agitated because we were following too closely. Once, one of the larger animals charged toward our jeep. I was seated in the front passenger side, and the animals was so close to the front of the vehicle that I did not have time to zoom back my camera and I took a picture of each of its eyes… It was that close to us… only the front hood length separating us!