We had a great afternoon. We started off to find a leopard. Expecting a co-ordinated effort with all three vehicles. However within minutes a leopard was spotted. We all saw the leopard and two of our cars followed the leopard through the bush. She was on a hunt. Then she dropped down and took a nap. So we moved on.

The highlight for our vehicle was a group of giraffes maybe eight or more near a watering hole. Three of them were drinking at the waterhole. To drink they must spread their legs out far to get low enough to drink. You do not see that often it is fascinating to see that. This sighting two of them did it at the exact same time and they were reflected in the water. There was also a troop of baboons running everywhere. It was a special sighting. Ken will post pictures hopefully tomorrow.

We also saw a lot of plains game in the hunt for zebra. Seems like zebras were no where to be found. We got a call for elephants and right in front of us at the elephant sighting were a dazzle of zebras. Perfect. The off roading to the elephants was pretty rough and rocky. We found three males happily eating away. One gave us a little shaking of the head. So funny when they do that.

Another vehicle saw four rhinos at the watering hole. So that was a great sighting as well.

We have been out with two Rangers so far.

Monique is a female ranger and very good. I must admit I have always preferred male Rangers and it was great to find a good female ranger. We have gone out with her twice. Originally from Belgium she has been guiding for three years and is continuing her studies to become a vet. I have noticed things about her that I really liked. She positions her vehicle well and with one lone elephant coming our way she did not know she put her vehicle in the perfect situation should we need to leave. That elephant did give is attitude so it was easy for us to pull out. She has a lot of knowledge and shares that in a very nice genuine way. We hear many of the same thing from other Rangers but she does in a way that it does not sound like normal educational lecture. It is conversational in nature and more interesting. She will be on leave with group two but back for group three and I will request her.

Paul is a delightful handsome young black man and we went out with him today. Big smile and handled the off roading following the leopard extremely well. You could tell right away he was going to be good. We really liked him and will request for our next groups.

Kenneth we have not gone out with yet and look forward to doing that tomorrow.

Great bush dinner tonight complete with flushing toilets. Life is good!!!