At about 3am we woke to a big commotion outside. Two honey badgers were on our verandah digging in our dustbin which I'd forgotten to bring inside!!

They licked every last thing clean and eventually left, so we got back into bed. Then we heard this really strange noise...almost like hyenas laughing.


We eventually got back to sleep but were soon up again at 5am. Not having a kitchen meant I had to walk to the communal one for hot water. I walked across the circle, on the grass and dead leaves, as it was the shorter route, but coming back something nipped at my ankle!!



We got to the gate at about 5.45 and there were already about 7 cars there. Before we'd seen the lions on the S100 we'd already decided that our morning drive would be along the S100, up the S41 and back on the S90. When the gates opened, all the cars turned right, but thankfully only about 5 cars turned onto the S100 ahead of us. The lions were still on the kill but there were now 3 of them instead of two. We were parked parallel to the sighting but the grass was so long that it was still hard to take decent pics.

It was still quite dark so I managed a sunrise pic of some of the many vultures hanging around.
Good morning, sunshine!

I just love their dark manes!

This is the only one that shows the three together.
There were 2 jackals running around but this is the best pic I could get!

We eventually left the lions behind and soon came across this idyllic scene!!

Warming up in the morning sun.