Hippos in the Morning

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Geo: -28.5508, 29.9048

We went for our last game drive this morning. I saw the cutest sighting – a family of hippos, three adults and a very little one. Not much was seen for a while. The news then came over the radio – there was a lion sighted on a kill. Brett drove us to the sighting. The visibility was not great as we could not get very close. It was a male lion sitting near his kill of a young giraffe. The lion was not active at all. After about ten minutes of watching him we headed back to the lodge.

Paul and I packed our bags. We were sad to be leaving and would love to have stayed for longer. After a delicious brunch Brett drove us to the car park at the entrance of the reserve. Here we packed our bags into our car and said goodbye and thank you to Brett.

For the next four nights we were going to be staying with a friend from work, Francois. His family's farm is in Verde, which is in the Free State. It was only a few hours drive away from here.

Our sightings for the morning were eland, hippo, impala, black-backed jackal, kudu, lion, common reedbuck, warthog, blue wildebeest and zebra.

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Photos

01 Family
A family of hippos on a walk.

02 Eating
The hippos eating grass.

04 Track
The track that leads through the bush.

05 Warthog
A warthog running through the bush.

06 Lion on a Kill
The lion next to its kill - a giraffe.

07 Room
The view of the room as we entered.

08 Bathroom
Our bathroom.

09 Bed
Our comfortable bed.

10 Bath
The bath in our room that looked out to the bush.

11 Room
More of our room.

12 Deck
Looking into the room from the deck.

13 Brunch for Two
A delicious brunch for us upon our return from drive.

14 Yum
Yum, yum, we started with fruit, yoghurt and muesli.