The drive this morning was quiet. It was almost as if the animals here understand the concept of 'Mondays' and weren't wanting to show up. I don't think we saw any ellies in the park, very strange after the past few days. We bumbled around, saw Guinea Fowl, a hyena, various antelope and birdies... Eventually we came upon a few giraffe and zebra. Oh, and a new male lion we hasn't seen before, chillin out in the shade, scaring everything in its scent path.
Had this been my only drive in Sourh Luangwa I would have been worried that there weren't many animals... Fortunately it's not my only one! Also, for any drive to be low-key, it was great to be the one that I wasn't feeling top notch for.
We came back and have had lunch. I tried to have a brief nap but our rooms are so warm, all you do is sweat and thrash about. So I'm down by the river, typing this and trying to relax in prep for our evening drive!
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Evening report:
Pious out-did himself with scenery tonight. He was making a point of showing us views he likes. at one point it looked like tv images of the Serengeti! We drove for at least an hour and half toward the mountains to get to the Chichele Hills for amazing views of te park. It's so hard to describe. Suffice to say I had a few special moments trying to take it all in.
It was pretty quite for animals, but we did see another herd of buffalo, 3 lion cubs hiding in a bush waiting for their parents to bring home dinner, innumerable antelope, and then right at the end, some hyena and then a leopard hunting Puku. We thought we may see a kill, but I think out presence actually got in the way of it. Hope the Puku are happy lol!!
Tomorrow is our last day of game drives. Pious has taken us new places every day, so I'm curious what will happen!!
I'm quite sad my vacation is almost over, it had been truly phenomenal.
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