We took our time getting going this morning.
Playing kindles.
Spot the bird with a mohawk on the railing.
Breakfast in the tree house.
We spent some time watching animals from our tree house.
Antelope chilling in the river bottom. I don't think that we saw much beyond that.
A view of the Crocodile River from my drone.
A view of our Airbnb.
Kate wearing the amplification headphones. These headphones amplify the bird calls and animal noises while blocking out closer sounds.
Binoculars.
The view of the tree house from the street.
The bridge from the house.
A lizard friend.
We were sad to leave this place. It was perfect for us.
Lyla practicing for her big animal head moment (see below!).
We made our way back to Kruger NP to drive around and spot animals.
Warthog.
Rhino.
Time for an elephant bath.
Impala.
Overlooking a Sabie River.
Horsehead photo #1. We ate lunch on this deck at our favorite Mugg & Bean. When we stood to the side and put our masks on the restaurant was noticeably quieter while everybody snared and some people snickered. One of the best parts of wearing the heads is noticing the reactions from everybody around us.
Yawning hippo.
Crocodile.
We were intrigued when we came upon this eagle on the side of the road. At first we were afraid that the bird was injured.
Then we noticed the snake that it was sitting on.
When our engine started it scared the eagle which grabbed the snake and flew another 10m away from the road. Crazy stuff.
Another lizard.
We made our way to a remote lake further north in the park than we had ventured previously. We found some hippos wallowing.
This was probably the coolest experience of our time in Kruger. There was a pride of lions resting and lounging just off the side of the road. We sat and watched them for a while before slowly pulling away.
About a minute down the road, we came across this herd of elephants crossing the road in front of us and heading right towards the pride of lions. Not wanting to miss out, we flipped around and went and parked near the lions again. We were curious as to what would happen.
We were surprised when we saw another herd of elephants walking towards the lion pride from the other direction. It turns out that this was one big herd of elephants. They knew where the lions were at, so they split into two groups and walked around the lions before rejoining into one herd on the far side.
The lions all perked up when the elephants passed, but their attention was split between the groups of elephants on either side.
I can't remember what bird this was, but it was pretty with it's bright red head.
Monkeys just chillaxin.
African buffalo.
We were searching and searching for hyenas as they were the last animal that we were reasonably confident we would be able to spot. We were just a few minutes away from camp and the sun was falling when Kate yelled that she had spotted a hyena. We only saw one, and only for a few seconds, but we were proud of that.
The only other animal that we really wanted to see was a cheetah, but they are very rare in Kruger so we didn't have any expectations that we would see any without a guide.
We finished the night eating at the fancy restaurant in our camp. Ada was brave and tried the escargot.
Not bad she says.
Tomorrow is our last day at Kruger.
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