Final Morning Game Drive

The jeep, or whatever this vehicle is, was booked for 7:30 a.m. on a slightly warmer morning than last time. I still appreciated my down jacket though and, as before, we had the vehicle to ourselves.

I found this excursion quite relaxing. I didn't feel the need to take all that many photos and decided instead to just enjoy the experience for what it was. We spent quite a bit of time at the waterhole where we had previously seen the hippo, but he was obviously otherwise occupied. There were loads of birds, hundreds of them, and the challenge became capturing them in flight. I don't know how many photos I took with my camera on rapid fire, but I'm not convinced I have a single good one. At one point our driver got out to encourage them to take off, which they did, but we really needed them flying towards us and not away. My technique was also complete rubbish I think, but it was interesting having a go.

We also spent a long time with a rhino and its baby and thought I took photos here. It wasn't with an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm, given I'd photographed them many times already. As I've said, I enjoyed the relaxing feel of this morning and you never know, maybe I have got one of those birds in flight.

Hang on, I haven't said, have I? The birds were Abdim's Storks, also known as White Bellied Storks. I had to look that up - about birds, I know nothing.Read more