Second Evening Game Drive

Once again, the evening game drive was shared with another group with their guide sitting up front with a video camera. As before, it started with a session feeding the ostriches, but I just watched this time. All seats were occupied now so three of us had bagged the front row to ensure a better view.

I never mentioned the hippo during the last drive but we did see him in the water again. This time, however, he was out of the waterhole and eating grass alongside other animals. It was great to see all of him as this was much more interesting than only the top of his head. I hope I have a photo on the camera with his mouth open.

We spent a long time with a rhino and its baby, and we even left the vehicle to photograph them. They ignored us, to be honest, so we could actually get reasonably close to them. One problem was the lovely golden evening light, because it tended to make the rhinos blend away into the grassland. In many of my camera shots the colour tones are similar throughout the photo, so the animals don't stand out. Hopefully, with processing I can improve that.

All too quickly we were back at the lodge and after a bit of downtime it was time for the evening meal.

Tomorrow will be a very long day because we are visiting the Etosha National Game Park, about an hour away from here, and we need to be there at sunrise so we get as much time as possible there. It's an early start once more.Read more