Day 6 hike to Hippo pool

First day of the Mphungwane trail. The wildlife is mind blowing. We saw elephant, buffalo, various antelope and a are sharing our water hole with a hippo and crocodile. This is the on water in this area so we are uncomfortable neighbours.

Had an interesting encounter with an old Dagga boy. The old lonely bull has reversed his vulnerable back into a thorn bush for protection during his afternoon nap. We expectedly stumbled into him at the heat of the day. The bull only had one place to go..... forward and towards us. At 40m there was luckily enough time for him to hear our shouting and the guides to cock their 458's.
The bull stormed off for 70m turned and waited for us to leave his territory.

The camp was manifest , flat and on a river bed. We made fire and shared fresh meat with Shadrack and Velly"s pap and sheba.

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