We all slept a lot before our 8:30 breakfast and felt well rejuvenated. After breakfast, we headed out to see more animals, and saw a lot of the awesome African mammals we had seen the past couple of days, but no lions, cheetahs or leopards. After getting back, we had a short lunch and then a couple hours to relax before our 4:30 sunset safari drive began.
The sunset was excellent over the 'pride lands' as we often jokingly call the savannahs, and the moon was high above on the other side the whole time. We were hoping to see the leopard at night since it sleeps during the day and hunts at night, but no luck there. However, we saw a number of large male elephants, a couple of bush babies, a chameleon, a rhino, a bunny and a porcupine.
We were very impressed with our guide's knowledge about all the animals and his super-human capability to be driving a large safari vehicle - which was a stick - while holding a large flashilight on the right side of the road, and spot bush babies and a small chameleon at the same time. It was intense. We got back and Tulani was making us a braai - what they call traditional bbq around these parts, and the chicken and sausage were both excellent. We will definitely be seeking out more braai before we leave. Tomorrow morning, we head out early on a walking tour to begin at 5:45 AM near the front gates, which open at 6 AM.
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