Early in the morning on day two started chilly, but it was the kind of chilly that felt like it was going to get warmer as the sun rises. Thank goodness, I may be able to get down to wearing two layers.

We quickly spotted two young adult springbok. I never could get the timing right to get them bumping heads.

We found yesterday’s lion pride much closer to the Manor. One male, two females and four cubs. Our guide told us one of the females was the mother, the other her sister.

We followed them for an hour or so, across the river and along the banks. Once we lost track of the entire pride and ended up in the middle of them as they were crossing the river. We backed up, but the male had to pass us. David was in the rear vehicle and caught this video.

Aunty lion decided to go in front of the pride and started approaching an area with many warthog burrows.

The impalas noticed, but the warthogs were still underground.

Now it all got real fast. I was fortunate that I was facing the right direction with my camera already focused on her. Once I saw her stance change I just kept my finger down. We got super lucky. Here are some highlights.

I took my still photos and made a time-lapse video. A TV video is 24 frames per second (fps), internet video can range from 30-120 fps. My camera was set for three fps. I made the below video essentially as a slideshow with 0.3 seconds between each image. I think it gets the point across.

Afterwards the rest of the warthogs looked on, like rubberneckers at a car wreck.

We finished our morning with another visit with the ever-alert jackal and a springbok family.

---

Wow, it’ll be hard to beat that for excitement. With the weather getting more nice, I’m looking forward to the afternoon. TTFN.