Wednesday morning, after 5 hours solid kip it’s up for the 6am game ride in an adapted Toyota Land cruiser with 3 rows of 3 seats, no seat belts, sun shade top, and over-used suspension .
Here we go, here we go….
Our driver/guide is the gloriously dry-witted Lungi. He sets off at a furious pace over the rutted dirt tracks, cackling “ Ferrari Safari !”.
Ferrari Safari – Highlights
We actually had 2 game rides today – 3 hours in the morning, followed by morning nap, lunch break and then another 3 hour trip in afternoon. These pics are roughly in chronological sequence
First spot of the morning – cheetah slinking off to the shade with 2 brothersI’m a Gnu…and I’m looking at YOU. (Actually it’s a Hartebeest – can’t find a pic of wildebeest)Red Hartebeest Courting couple (actually seen through fence in adjoining reserve)A giraffe skull – and I’d assumed those pointy horns were just soft tissue !Lioness with bloodied maw, fresh from a kill8-legged white rhino ( very rare, and seamlessly articulated) Mixed grazing partyOne of very few watering holes which were not dry……and its owner-occupier, chilling.Eland – the largest of the antelopes. (And big travelling LUFC fans – eland rode to all their home games).Springbok – small antelope which leap around like March haresDead moth, at lunchtime break back at our lodge. Bizarrely elegant motionLookout dutyTeam Collins, at respectful distance from giraffeLungi offers refreshmentsCunning use of natural cover. Can you tell what it is yet ?Elephants marching to water hole Hippo legs it, un-chilled by sight of elephant approach The world’s scariest yawn (had just been napping in shade) ” Hakuna your own bloody Tata”
And then recovery with a delightful evening meal in the old farmhouse …
