These two beautiful (in the eyes of the beholder) warthogs have paired up…… you can see the warts on the sides of their heads from which their names derive…..
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Even the prospect of rain….. something in the air, sets all the critters into flirtation and display mode. Here these African Crested Cranes were all jumping about, each male trying to look more grand, more conspicuous, more appealing, than the others. The females didn’t really seem all that interested in any of them—which, of course, made the males jump about even more. Sort of like sports events…….
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Recall the pictures of the Secretary Bird? You may recall the skinny neck, tail feathers stretched straight out back, and the ungainly posture. Well, that was when they weren’t in hot pursuit of a new girlfriend….. Now, in display mode, the neck is about 3 times bigger, the tail is straight up, and proud as …. A peacock. He had his territory staked out and as we watched him strutting about, we saw no reluctant virgins in the neighborhood…… poor fellow (at least for now).
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Even as it is surprising, it shouldn’t be surprising that there are so many skeletons of critters–large and small–all across the landscape. In this case, the park rangers remove the tusks of dead elephants in an effort to control ivory taking and poaching.
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Elephants, hippos, warthogs all change coloration depending on their diet. Here the elephants are decidedly darker than elsewhere (and no brownish tints as elsewhere)….
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A Spotted Hyena lets us get close enough…
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The interior of our tent/cabin….. now a familiar look and comfort level. Our bathroom and shower were through the zipped doors in the back.
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Showering under the stars at the back of our tent/cabin….. plenty of warm water…. Great fresh shower.
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A view from a ridgetop showing the valley. Our camp might have been on the top of the smaller hill in the background—not the one in the center but the one further away to the left of the one in the center…..
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Locally known as “baboon rock” we climbed up this granite monolith (around the baboon scat!). This is part of the way up looking back at our vehicle and the landscape beyond….
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