S.A Day Four

This morning we get a lay in until 5:30 big deal after last night, we head down to the river as we are going on a boat today, unfortunately when we get to where they park the Jeep the pride of lions we saw yesterday have decided to rest right in that spot. We have to Waite half an hour for them to move far enough away before we can board the boat. We get to see various birds that nest along the riverbank and have some of the most amazing colours, and also a number of crocodiles some just poking there heads above the water and some the are lazing on the banks soaking up the rays from the sun. We also see where the hippos enter the water but they don't seem to be around today which is a shame in some respects however they have been known to turn boats over and after seeing all those crocodiles I don't think I would like to end up in the water with both the crocs and an angry hippo.

That evening we find the pride of lions again and they are hunting they try to chase a cheater but it easily gets away decoying the lions from the rest of them, these animals are very cleaver in the way they hunt and protect there own, we park up just above a watering hole and have blocked the road only to find the pride of lions commons up a track by the side of us and they have to squeeze between the bushes and the jeep and guess whose side they come down, mine again I was so close I could have easily just put my hand out and touched one of them, bear in mind that this jeep has no windows and no top to it we are out in the open with nothing to stop the animals from going for us. How quite everybody became when they came this close to the jeep though it was an amazing sight.

Headed back for my final evening meal at the lodge and a few glasses of wine to help get me to sleep.