Satara

Wednesday, 10th November 2010

Tiredness overcame us all so we went out for a late morning drive up to Ollifants. We saw more hyena, and lots more water birds including comb ducks, green-backed herons, fish eagles, kingfishers, Egyptian geese, saddle-billed storks and a Hammerkop.

All of us at a view point near Satara

Red crested korhaan (bustard) displaying at the side of the road

View point at Ollifants

On the way back to Satara, we also caught our first glimpse of a lion! He was quite some way from the road, though, and we don't know how someone managed to spot him in the first place.

There's a lion out there somewhere

We also came across 2 adult male and 1 female ostrich with young.

2 males ostritch with a very well camouflaged chick (bottom right)

 In the afternoon, Carole stayed behind for a rest while Pete and Helena went out. The camp was a joy, with pygmy mongoose, vervet monkeys and lots of really colourful birds flitting about.