Wonderful buffet lunch on arrival. We headed out for new adventures at 4.00 pm. Not so hot today but we needed a little break after the flight and lunch to relax.

What a game drive. We started with warthogs that we had not seen much with the previous two lodges. They two waterbucks testing their skills and locking horns with each other. Then a big herd of buffalo. They were the same group on the airport. We saw a mother white rhino and her very small baby heading to a water pan. Our ranger got ahead of her but she never arrived. That totally surprised our ranger. Later we heard a black rhino had crossed the road in the white rhinos path so that all made sense. She had turned in another direction. Fairly soon we saw another rhino and a little older calf. These are such huge animals it is so great to see them.

They had been tracking lions in the morning but could not find them. So the rangers decided to try again in a slightly different area. SUCCESS we saw two lions laying down near the road totally full. HUGE stomachs. Then we heard the familiar sound of the lion growl. We knew it was either a male lion or a female ffighting over a kill. Just a short drive in we found the lions. Four fully grown lionesses and about three cubs. It was a wilderbeast kill that had happened that morning.

They female lions were squabbling about the kill with one trying to move it. A little cub had has deep into the wilderbeast. The cubs tummy was so extended she looked very pregnant. A feeding frenzy like this is so fantastic to watch. There was one vulture in a tree and I had high hopes of the lions moving off and the hyena and the vultures coming in to clean up.

On the way back to the lodge we had a serious traffic jam. Cape Buffalo were all over the road. It seemed like we would never get through. Finally we did make it and back to the lodge. Dinner was at 7.00 pm and it was a tasting menu with a main choice of either salmon or lamb. Tough choice so Maddy and I split the two dishes. Both were great.

We went to sleep in anticipation of tomorrows game drive.