Awake at 5am and in the park by 6am. We drove to the 2nd waterhole and as we arrived, a pride of 7 lions sauntered in to the waterhole area. 3 males and 4 females. We really got a show! 2 of the females had a great wrestling match and several of the lions scratched a tree. Even saw one lion swat a car that had driven too close. The pride had just devoured a kill and were very relaxed. We watched them for about 20 minutes before they disappeared over a nearby hill...

After an early morning breakfast, we entered the park gate at 6am and headed up the main road toward Nossob. We drove about 100 km looking for 2 cheetah that had been reported in that area. Lots of game but no cats. We met a young couple from Pretoria who had just started their holiday in the park. The husband stood about 6'6" and must have weighed about 290-300lbs but just a very happy gentle giant! He shared his experiences for the day and had seen several Sout...

Woke up to a very cold tent but found that the park had installed a continuous hot water system so I was able to have a long hot shower. When we went to the kitchen tent, we found a beautiful jackal sitting outside hopefully waiting for a handout. While eating breakfast, we saw a spotted hyena having a drink of water at the waterhole.Today was a good day again for viewing animals and birds. We were lucky enough to encounter a family of meerkats right alongside th...

Another day of exploring the park. I cannot get over the variety of animals we have encountered. Jean filled a whole page of her notebook with the names of the various animals and birds. We even encountered what I am sure was a black mamba. Today we moved to a tent camp about 75 km north of where we have been staying. It is situated above the river bed that seems to be the main area for the animals. Rather than tell you of all the animals we have seen, I will jus...

Up at 5:15am and had toast and coffee and then set out on our game drive for the day. We hadn't gone too far when encountered 2 beautiful owls in a tree. Further up the road we saw another owl. Another kilometre up the road and we saw 2 cape foxes. After another kilometre, we finally found meerkats!! These were absolutely fascinating- such busy creatures! Never realized that when they stand up on 2 legs, they also use their tails for support. We didn't encounter ...