Have now seen my first real african animals! We went on a very long game drive through the national park yesterday and saw hundreds of animals, including 2 of the big 5 - white rhinos and buffalo. We also saw a few giraffes, gazelles, hyenas, and hundreds of flamingos! We had torrential rain for an hour or so late afternoon so went to set up camp early - we camped in the park with nothing between us and the animals but the canvas of our tents! I still managed to sleep somehow, even though when we went to bed there were a herd of buffalo about 100m from our tents! We were up at 6 this morning to start our morning game drive when the sun rose, as this is the time when the animals are
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