and one of the many scrub hares we saw.
Must say we struggled a bit in taking pictures as either the position where we were seated was not that ideal or either the camera settings where not correct and then there was always one person handling the spotlight in front of us but for us it was already clear that this was not a photographic excursion but more to find out what is out in the bush by night. The steenbokkies looked funny as they were resting on the ground and due to their long ears they looked on first sight a bit like rabbits.
The elephant herds occurred plentiful and then we turned into the S90 where we spotted out first African wild cat but unfortunately could not capture same and then we went off road
where we spotted a couple of time an African marsh owls another lifer for us – Either it were three different individuals or we spotted three times a different one. At least we could tick another never seen bird again and on top it was another new owl.
A rhino bull crossed the small trail and we got at least his bum to see
and we had to drive even more off the road as this night jar was not willing under no circumstances to clear the road.
Suddendly we stood on an airstrip in the bush (interesting what is all hiding behind the bushes and high grass which you can see from the road!) and here was obviously rush hour as we spotted another African wild cat, a genet, a wildebeest and a very relaxed jackal.
We then turned back to the tar road and we already thought the drive was over but gladly we drove until the crossing and there we met again the lions we already saw the day before obviously the female had chosen a male and he was now following her permanently.
It was also another game drive vehicle at this sighting which left the camp a bit earlier than us and therefore it was a lot of spotlights shining into the bush illuminating the beautiful couple but for us it was not easy to get decent shots as we always had a spotlight right under our noses.
The lions were at least a wonderful completion of this exciting night drive experience
and with two more female lions following the honeymoon couple we drove back to camp,
thanked the guide for his enthusiasm and fell immediately into deep sleep as soon as we reached our bungalow.
to be continued....