Last wonderful dinner last night and last breakfast of eggs Benedict on hash browns. We had to say goodbye to Amos our wonderful chef. Who fulfilled our desire for French fries at lunch and dinner. They ran out of potatoes and had to go to town to get more while we were there.

Our game drives did not have any super sightings like the first group at Makanyi had. However we had good General game and more rhinos and hippos than you can imagine. Hyenas are denning and probably in about a week they will have a very active hyena den.

Makanyi is a beautiful lodge with a wonderful staff. We enjoyed our stay immensely.

So now we are at Jamala. I forget how stunning Jamala is on arrival. At the waterhole were about six giraffes with one baby, zebras and impala. They have expanded the facilities and now have a lovely pool. We had a nice light lunch on the deck with perfect shade. The giraffes left and within about five minutes a very large herd of elephants arrived. They just kept coming. Hard to eat and watch Ellie’s at the same time. They were followed by a big bull elephant.

We decided to just relax, not to leave this beautiful lodge. So we opted out of the afternoon game drive. We can get settled in our rooms ( which are beautiful) and have an extended cocktail hour while we watch the activity at the waterhole. So happy to be back here again.