Our second game drive, the following morning, wasn't quite the showstopper that the first was, but we got to see some more beautiful elephants, and snap a few pictures of leaping impala. We spotted this jackal first thing, and then were scared nearly out of our seats by a big golden orb spider that latched on to the car's roof and hung around for about half an hour.
Later in the day we went on a bush walk with Sipho, who spoke about the various uses that Shangaan, his people, had for plants and animals in the bush. The most interesting was the role of the marula tree, which is used to interlope with ancestors. Jim had an excellent spot during the walk: a Mozambiquan Spitting Cobra, up in a dead tree, hunting for small rodents or getting some sun.
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| Elephant print |
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| The spitting cobra!! Quite a spot |
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| Tim, Jennifer and Sipho enjoying the sunny afternoon in the bush |
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| Two Vervet Monkeys argue over a bag of bacon back at camp. These monkeys were curious and cute, and really took advantage of all the food that camp had to offer. |
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| Looks like the little guy won! |
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