Early morning by the waterhole

We were up very early this morning as we were woken by Phil and Maddie’s alarm at 4.30am! I was in the shower by 4.45 and at the waterhole just after 5am! There was nothing down there, but we could hear lions roaring somewhere in the bush. It was really cold and all of our warm clothes were locked on the truck. We stood it as long as we could and then went in search of hot water to make coffee. That’s when we discovered that Henry was sleeping under the bench in the camp kitchen! We crept back out of there and had to wait a bit longer for our coffee!

We wandered back to the waterhole and were rewarded with the appearance of a rhino and some springbok.Read more