Up again at 5.45am to set off on our safari drive. It was very atmospheric with the mist filling the valleys.

We were on the lookout for lions when we got a call over the radio and Lenny rushed to join the other truck.

There were 3 lionesses laying down but they soon left and were lost from view in the bushes.

We also saw a young male elephant …

and a family of warthogs.

We enjoyed our private drive as there was still just the two of us. We arrived back at the Lodge for breakfast.

We walked down to the waterhole and spent time relaxing on our private balcony until lunch.

At lunch time we met the new arrivals, a South African extended family and a couple from Germany and a couple from the Netherlands. We now numbered 14 and after lunch set off in two trucks.

As soon as our group got through the gate we saw an elephant enjoying himself at our waterhole.

Lenny found some bones – a skull from a gnu and the lower jaw of a warthog.

We saw many antelope….

giraffe …

and Wildebeest (gnu).

There was a flock of beautiful blue starlings getting ready to roost.

We had looked for hippo on every drive but they proved very illusive.

Eventually two were seen.

On the way back to lodge we saw a troop of vervet monkeys.

Another fascinating drive.

After a lovely meal and some cake to celebrate Ruby’s 80th birthday we all trooped off to bed.