Saturday December 20, 2008 Day 29

God himself came to the bush today and blessed us with the most splendid day of them all. He made it all worth it. First of all a Christmas miracle occurred and Dennis the Menace decided to leave camp for the entire day. Amanda and I walked with Rob (the guide) and had our own personal tour. We saw a kite spider (mandas favorite) and listened to a Vervet Monkey's alarm call and tracked a leopard all morning. Rob said "if the lions charge just stand still." ..... ok? .... We were on code orange for danger. We saw a southern yellow billed hornbill, a misplaced baby bird at the dam, we took our time taking pictures of insects and grasses and had fun. Then the vervets came to camp for lunch.


Then tonight a game drive of a lifetime. Just me, manders, rob and danny (17 from Zambia.) We floored it out of camp, saw the rhino (NCOMBI) and the baby, who we have affectionately named STOMP. We just followed the rhino tracks... A hornbill flew over. We turned north to the Elephants (NDLOVU) Saw 15 and two babies that were a week old and had no control over their trunks yet. AWESOME. A lilac breasted rollar. Then to an absolutely fantastic, fly infested wildebeast kill with the pride of lions. seven lions. We just sat with them. Intimately for 45 minutes or more. It was a sighting of a lifetime. Sunset. White faced Owl. Finally we followed two hyena juvies out for the evening. Night drive tonight. A lunar moth. Thanks God, what a day! What a day. To see all that on one game drive is something you remember your entire life. What a day. - Amy