First we were so saddened to hear the news of the shooting in Dallas and feel for the families of those police officers. Hard to comprehend that event took place in Dallas. We were glued to the tv this morning.

So did my first game drive at Tswalu. Beautiful topography. This is called the GREEN Kalahari. Bright red soil, lots of different grasses and bushes and trees with various shades of green and mountains all around. Stunning!

First sighting a pangolin. This is the place to find them but the odds are not high. He was huge and calm. He let us move the grass from around his body, we were able to lightly touch his scales. He did not care less we were there a very strange behavior. Then we saw about ten sleeping lions. The Kalahari lions are so big. The males here have black manes but are not around at the moment.

Then it was the hunt for the rare Desert Black Rhino. These are most agressive rhinos. We finally found tracks and started searching in earnest then success we spotted them. A mother and 15 month old baby rhino. We got an amazing sighting. Only once did the rhino show any signs of stress but the pen she relaxed and we stayed with them for about an hour. The horns are totally different. Both horns about the same size, very thick and on a different angle I spotted that right away.

So to get a pangolin and desert black rhino on the first game drive was pretty amazing we also saw wildebeest, oryx, sable, giraffe, Impala, eland and kudu. At the very end we spotted a small cat and yuan (our ranger) at first thought it was an African wild cat. But no, the miracle day continued it was a caracal a beautiful cat. Yuan said he has only seen two before and he has been here three yeArs. Plus the cat just sat there in the spotlight so we could get a good look at the cat.

Tomorrow we focus on cheetah, meerkats and ardvarks.

This is very different from Kruger. More driving with less density of animals. No elephants in the reserve. This reserve offers more opportunity to see all the smaller animals you do not see that n Kruger and a larger variety of antelope.

Lodge looks nice but we went straight on a game drive and did not get to the lodge until about 6.30pm. Room is huge, tons of space and dinner was excellent.

Good internet so hopefully ken can post pictures tomorrow