18th November 2014

Our final full day on safari. The highlight was arriving at a fresh kill (Spotted Hyaenas had brought down a Wildebeest about 30 minutes earlier) where Hyaenas, Black-backed and Golden Jackals along with dozens of vultures squabbled over the carcass. At one stage a pair of Lions with cubs appeared and seemed interested in the kill but were soon chased off by the Hyaenas.

                                       Spotted Hyaena

We returned a couple of hours later and all that could be seen was a large splash of blood, the contents of the unfortunate Wildebeest’s stomach and a Hyaena running around with the head!

A quick stop at the Hippo Pool as we headed back to the lodge produced Common Waxbill, a pair of Lesser Swamp Warbler and several of the very distinctive Winding Cisticola. Prosper our driver had come down with a bout of malaria and hadn’t been well all day so, despite this being our last game drive we agreed to return early to our lodge.

                                Common Waxbill