Yesterday was an amazing day. It had lots of animals, some stress and a bit of drama. The park has anywhere from 80,000-120,000 elephants in it at any given time. Next are the impala, then a variety of other animals. Not everyone saw all of the animals, but between all 4 of our groups, we saw most of them. We did not see any zebra, but have two of our own here at the Lodge. We were there in the heat of the day, so didn't expect to see any cats. One group saw a leopard. We saw many different kinds of birds. I had a birder on my jeep, so I think we saw more birds than others.
We started the day with a water cruise up the Chobe River where we saw our first elephants and impala and many of the shore birds. We also saw a pod of hippos--including baby ones--resting in a shallow area of the river. Once done with that, we had a delicious buffet lunch at a beautiful resort (would have loved to stay there, but at $345 a night that wasn't going to happen!). Then it was on to the bush part of the safari. That was where we met many elephants and a host of other creatures. I'll let the pictures suffice for them as words fail...
The last of our four jeeps had a rather scary encounter with a bull elephant in "musk." That story will come later in the Thursday Reflections entry. I'll just say this: God was watching over them. He sent his guardian angels to protect them, without a doubt.
We are off early again for some adventures at Victoria Falls. I hope to have time this afternoon to post more about all the events that are now piling up on us. We have an early group going out to walk with the lions and ride the elephants. The rest of us will be bungee jumping, zip lining, rope swinging, helicopter riding, and other such activities. It will be another great day in Zambia!
[I will caption these later so you'll know what you're seeing. Some animals will, of course, be obvious :) ]
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