Mwamba - Pen Eve

Quite overcast and air quite ‘heavy’ so this evening we decided to head straight to the Hippo Hide for a relaxing time with our Sundowner

As it happens, on our way we enjoyed the sights of a two Elephants with a young one and further on we came across more Elephants except this was a herd of Elephants but at the side of the road was another mother whose young was suckling so couldn’t move! However she was successful on her second attempt whereupon the babe almost gambolled along into the bushes to join the herd, we also saw over sixty Lilian’s Lovebirds swirling around and feeding on the track

After this we managed to get to the Hide and settled in. As the light started to fade it was funny watching them jostling for position unfortunately, at this point, my camera was having real trouble focusing so we, once again, have to rely on the iPhone.

Being a normal state of affairs, ie. not the BBC we got a couple of good shots but missed more but very happy with what we saw mixed with the trumpeting, snorting and bird call was superb

All too soon it’s drinks consumed and back to the ranch. Coming out of the Hide it was still quite cloudy and close and heading off we managed to see, and hear, a lone Elephant who scared the life out of me trumpeting as we passed, then a herd of Elephants and Giraffe but we don’t stop or play the light on them but we do for the Hyenas and Genet etc

On our return we managed a ‘Moonup’ with Lester and Val, owners, before having a romantic dinner for two on our veranda…did I say romantic!? I believe, due to the closeness, we were beset by every imaginable bug and beastie located in Zambia and fighting a losing battle retired to bed and the safety of Mosquito Nets which, sadly, did not offer us any respite from Midges so, as you can imagine, not quite the evening we had planned!Read more