And then the rain set in or at dusk the bush comes alive

[Flutterby]

That female buff has some nice horns.

The last rhino looks like he is wearing armour!

[Dindingwe]

So many rhinos , nice to see them.

All the birds as well.

Lovely travel tale to follow

[Lisbeth]

One of the rhinos have had a very sticky mud bath

Nice birds

[Richprins]

Rare rhino interaction, Pumbaa!

Do you take videos (Timon) ?

Byamiti weir is utterly unique regarding pic opportunities, IMO!

Interesting how blue the cuckoo looks in the light!

I love the kingfisher studies too.

[Pumbaa]

wow Pumbaa again a lot
love Rhino big horn
Cuckoo, Kingfisher , Bee-Eater and Melba and Golden-breasted Bunting

what a lot of very interesting birds you had

We really cannot complain about all the different birds or animals we saw

Genet poo rolling onto your dinner table Your gin and tonics would become genet toxics (old joke - forgive me)

Mamba that's my dream sighting - from AFAR.

Your zebra pics are perfectly exposed - excellent camera work there

Mel - your comment about the rhino with an ankle monitor should be much larger - VERY funny

Already lots of great stories from this trip more please

That mamba was for me a bit too close for comfort but it was a more than brilliant sighting

He had love on his mind definitely
That female buff has some nice horns.

The last rhino looks like he is wearing armour!

[Pumbaa]

So many rhinos , nice to see them.

All the birds as well.

Lovely travel tale to follow

It was amazing to see that many rhinos this year

One of the rhinos have had a very sticky mud bath

Nice birds

He was a mud roller

Rare rhino interaction, Pumbaa!

Do you take videos (Timon) ?

Byamiti weir is utterly unique regarding pic opportunities, IMO!

Interesting how blue the cuckoo looks in the light!

I love the kingfisher studies too.

Yes we started to make videos but only few and more to capture sounds but we got some nice ellie action shots and the torrential rain whilst sitting in Lake Panic was memorable as well

[Pumbaa]

As it was meanwhile late and we were a bit tired from driving the whole day we again decided to stay for the rest of the day in camp and after a short break we again paid the camp dam a visit as we had such a fun there yesterday.

One single rhino was already there and had already occupied the best place to stay



we also spotted close by a grey heron and a couple of water thick knees



and as a small herd of buffaloes was about to advance the rhino laid down.





All of them were thirsty and quenches their thirst



and then on top a lone elephant bull also appeared on the scene

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so we had three of the big five on one picture and here we already were happy that we stayed for the rest of the day in camp again instead of driving around as the show of the grey giants was about to start.

[Pumbaa]

Suddenly the buffaloes started to run



only to calm down seconds later whilst Mr. elephant



was busy in using the best mud wallow in the entire park and only set same free until his whole body was muddy



whilst the buffaloes did not bother the elephants presence



and as same meanwhile disappeared one of the buffaloes took over the world’s best mud wallow



and demonstrated us how good life is – on buffaloish!



and that attracted the next buffalo who wanted to test that wallow as well



gladly it was still a lot of mud left



and meanwhile all of the buffaloes had a fantastic time.



to be continued.....

[nan]

3 big 5 in one

[nan]

all are up side down