Night game drive

Ivan cooked lamb chops, mashed potato, broccoli, cauliflower, and hot tomato salsa for dinner. Delicious once again!

After dinner, Mark and I, Ruth and Byran, and Jez and Robyn, went on our pre-booked night safari. We didn’t know what we might see in the dark, but we were tempted by the possibility of seeing big cats.

We didn’t get to see any such cats and were initially disappointed by the whole experience. It rained a lot and it was pretty cold. Our guide seemed obsessed with elephants and, as much as I love them, we seemed to spend too much time sitting in a stationary vehicle watching the bush where elephants had been!

However, on reflection the next morning, we realised we had seen quite a bit, even though we had no photographic proof. We had seen:

• A porcupine
• Elephants
• A greater spotted Jenet cat
• Greater spotted owl
• A lone juvenile hyena
• A chameleon
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