It’s hard to follow filming a lion hunt, but let’s see what we can do.

The weather turned out great. Open, blue skies with only a soft breeze. Then, a secretarybird steps out. They look like a giant road runner.

There was a rhino across the field, but then our guide spotted elephants walking at the other side of the valley. Sorry, rhino – you’ve been out-tiered.

How can something that big move with such dignity? However, they are messy eaters. They knock down trees for the roots, pull up bushes, whatever.

We spent a lot of time trailing the elephants, trying to stay on the roads while lining up shots that didn’t put them in too much shadow. We headed back to the Manor as it started getting chilly again. However, the warthogs were back out in the field. How quickly they forget.

I can’t imagine a giraffe winning a hide-and-go-seek game.

The lions were still near the warthog area, but mostly out of sight in the bushes.

As the sun started setting, we forded the river and spotted hippos. The growing darkness was causing havoc with my camera. You can see on the below pic how I couldn’t get a good focus on its whole face.

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What a great day. We have an abbreviated morning game drive tomorrow as we head back to the ship after lunch. Oh yeah, about the ship. The winds were so strong in Durban that they had to stay in port for two more days. Therefore, we will be spending a night in a hotel waiting for this ship to arrive. When you do ocean cruising you must stay flexible. Yet another example of why I pay the extra money to set up such field trips with Silversea. You know they will take care of you.