Tafika - Sunrise II

We set off at 06:00 looking for Cape Buffalo and anything else, working on hope not expectation!

We came across Impala and Puku early on then Weaver birds, there are loads of nests but only one or two are used as the female inspects them until he builds one she’s happy with! Also Yellow Beaked Stork and a Fish Eagle (the National bird of Zambia), later we saw the Crested Cranes

Before we got to the Cape Buffalo we were told about a Lion so we moved in that direction and came across him, lying in the shade, right next to the track and just so languid, unbelievable!

Then we returned to Buffalo hunting and soon, with a bit of help from the radio, came across a herd of over 200, they look truly magnificent

Returning to the Lodge we encountered Elephants, initially a mother and two sisters, just to the side of the track ready to cross over and join the rest of the herd who were already enjoying a mud bath and snack of Nile Cabbage and last, but not least, a 1.3 metre River Monitor Lizard…then back to the Lodge arriving at 10:50Read more