Mick and I woke early, and went down to the hide to watch the sunrise, but only saw a few birds and antelopes. Conrad left us this morning to drive back to Capetown, and we only have one more night in the wilderness on this part of the safari.
We stop at the waterhole again, but there are only a few birds there. Along the road we see geckos and an African Hoopee, then watch a herd of wilderbeest with young at another waterhole.
We see more ostrich with very young chicks, plus lots more wilderbeest.
Further we have another lion sighting, two males and a female under a tree. As we sit there one of the males stands, just in the right place for a photo.
After a stop for lunch at about 11.30 we pass more wilderbeest and ostrich, then an oryx actually standing in a waterhole, surrounded by butterflies.
Finally we turn off the main road though the Kgalagadi park and re-enter Botswana. We see more oryx, steenbok and Teri sees a pair of Eland, but sadly no leopards or cheetahs. After stopping for another snack we finally reach the Kaa gate to the park, and our overnight camping spot. It's too hot to put up the tents straight away, so we sit in the shade by Chris's vehicle talking. It's the last night camping with everyone, tomorrow Rick and Mark leave us, and Armin and Leisel are planning to upgrade to a room at the Kalahari lodge. Chris cooks us dinner, then we sit around with glasses of wine trying to stop the very large moths from drowning in them!
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