Mkhuze/St. Lucia dag 8: “Holiday” time

29 oktober 2018 - St Lucia, Zuid-Afrika

Maandag 29-10-2018

Mkhuze/St. Lucia dag 8:  “Holiday” time

Dieren vandaag gezien / Animals spotted:

·         African wild dog

·         Leopard tortoise

·         Impala

·         Blue wildebeest

·         Nyala

·         Eastern striped skink

·         Giraffe

·         Zebra

·         Nile crocodile

·         Vervet monkey

·         Africaan spoonbill

·         ./… Mongoose.

Another early morning. We left at 4 am to go on our morning session. We visited the boma first. It was still dark so we didn’t see the cheetah but it was probably fine. After this we started scanning for the dogs. We had signal for both of the groups but because we didn’t see the females we went for them. It was a very quiet morning. The others were reading their books and I was just looking around. After morning tea we found them. We still hadn’t finished our drinks but we just had too finished it quickly. We followed them and found them two more times. Every time we did Hope (sub adult) was Hoocalling and Zile (mother) was just there with her.They were probably looking for the males. We lost them out of sigh after the third time and we decided to drive back to the camp to get ready. In the end we had to hurry up to be ready on time. We drove to Mkuze town where we were picked up. The others were extremely happy and excited. While driving I tried to catch up with my writing but when Estelle joined us in Hluhluwe we just started to talking and the writing was over.

We arrived at the lodge we were staying at. In the car we decided to take a luxury tent instead of the small tents. We have our own kitchen aria, shower and toilet. It is nice not to share. Emilie and Estelle have the big bed and I have the bunk beds.

The first thing we did was getting lunch. We discussed what we wanted to do during the next couple of days. Then some shopping for groceries and to see what it would cost to rent a car. I also booked a horse riding excursion for tomorrow. Walking down the street to see some crocodiles and then back to the tent. Here some relax time and then into the town to party. We had dinner and then we went looking for a bar. We found one, Key West. Here we spend the rest of the night. The others were drinking and when it was around 1.30 am the next day we walked back to the lodge. It was a great night and we had hypes op fun.

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