Hard to say goodbye

This morning (Friday Nov 14) we took our last of the six safari drives we enjoyed during our 3 day stay at Kapama. Each trip out of the compound was different and exciting in it's own way and none of us wanted this sojourn to end.

For the first few drives every animal sighting was a breathlessly exciting event and we all took multiple shots, regardless of what animal it was or where it was situated. But after a while and after the first hundred or so photos of each species we started to get a little more selective. Lions for example. Our first sighting was the first night out when we saw and photographed a large male sleeping at the side of the road. I posted this one on the blog. Then we saw six or seven lions together, sauntering around like they owned the place (which they pretty much do). I also posted this on the blog. Then, yesterday afternoon, while we were observing several young lions, some zebras came into view ahead and the lions instantly went into stalking mode. Now this was exciting. The lazy lions doing something other than lying about looking regal.


The Zebras spotted the lions long before they were in any danger. No doubt seeing a kill would be very exciting but perhaps a bit traumatic as well.

It becomes a bit of a competition and the we-saw discussions evolved: who got to see the most interesting event, or who sighted one of the more rare animals, etc.

Thursday night, our last night in camp, we got to enjoy a great sunset whilst enjoying a wee dram.


It's really hard to try to sum up this experience, but for me it has been the undisputed highlight so far. I'll stop talking about it now because I'm a bit tired and the right words just aren't coming, so I'll end this post with a couple of my favourite shots.

Location:Hazyview