TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE

It's 7pm and just back from our evening game drive. We told our guide Marius that we wanted to see elephants, zebra, and cape buffalo. Tonight we had the Australian couple that just arrived this afternoon joining us. So off we went at 3:30 and headed south where some zebra had been reported. On the way we stopped by the same pond that we had seen the hippos in this morning and again they only showed up their eyes and ears. The rest was below water. Next we saw a huge herd of impala and real close by was a large herd of wildebeest. So we continued and finally came to an open area where we found the dazzle (what you call a herd of zebra instead of herd) of about 15 zebra grazing. We watched them for quite a while and finally they got to chasing each other and playfully biting and kicking each other. Marius wanted to head for a bog to try and catch some elephants rolling in the mud. Sure enough we came upon 4 elephants that were grazing also. We got up close and personal with a big bull so have some good photos and movies. Nearby were 3 rhinoceros bulls also grazing so went there for some photos. On the way back we once again stopped to watch the zebras and as the sun was about to set we had "sundowner" cocktails and watched it and the zebra. Time to head back to the lodge but on the way we came upon 3 "side-stripped jackets" walking down the road. Then after dark and as our tracker was using a high powered search light we briefly saw a civet (small black & white animal). Marius said that was a rare sighting as he had not seen one in 3 years. So now the 6 0f us will be dining at 8pm and Marius, our guide, will be joining us for dinner. Tomorrow morning's final game drive we will be looking for some cape buffalo. At 11am we will be off for the airstrip.