Day 3: June 26 - Afternoon

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3:00pm:
Pafuri Lodge's main lodge:
Kathryn and Mary Anne enjoying tea on the patio before we leave for our afternoon drive:
Animals on the afternoon drive:
- Cape Buffalo - Our first sighting of the cape buffalo! They were a bit far away (hence the furry photo below), but it was exciting to see them! We've now officially seen 2 of the "Big Five" (we've spotted elephants and buffalo, and have still to see the lion, leopard and rhino).

- Elephants - We got much closer to the elephants today! These creatures are so majestic and beautiful, it's hard to describe how it feels to see them in the wild. Below, you can see Godfrey's head, and the elephant is mock-charging our vehicle with his ears wide (to make himself look larger.) It was breathtaking to watch them in the wild...

You can see how close they came to the safari vehicles! They walked no more than 30 feet from the front of the truck ahead of us!

We saw quite a few more animals at night, but it was too dark for photos:

- Lesser bush baby

- Thick-tailed bush baby

- White-tailed mongoose

9:45pm:
It's not nearly as cold tonight as it was last night... but the hot water bottle is still very welcome on my cold toes! We figured out that the calls that woke us up a few times last night were bush babies. It's amazing how loud those little animals are!

We saw more lion tracks today, and poor Godfrey spend the whole day searching for them... but no luck. Oh well! I can't be disappointed, since we still saw an amazing number of creatures, including a HUGE herd of elephants - with babies! Too cute!

I did manage to pass out on the porch for 2 hours this afternoon during siesta. I guess I'm still feeling the jet lag.

Here's a photo of tonight's sunset: