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Dream Weaver, thank you for the Great pics of Great Creatures. To have those Ellies for a road block, can only be a pleasure

Beautiful roadblock Dream Weaver!

Dream Weaver

Ellie walking down the road is huge...what a beauty.

Ellie roadblocks are ...as long as there is room for safe escape.

Thanks for sharing.

Meandering Mouse - The leopard was truly magnificent and the elephant certainly seemed larger than most.

Sheenaugh-Lee - That elephant seemed pretty annoyed by it too.

Philp1 - It is a pleasure and it was a pleasure.

hilda - Thank you.

Trrp-trrrrrrrr - Thank you. A gorgeous gentle giant.

It was getting hot and we were feeling cramped sitting there in the car. So we made a three point turn and drove to the hide. We decided to watch the elephants from there in comfort and shade.



The toilet was locked, but we were grateful to lie down full length on the benches and stretch our backs.

There were hippos in the water below the hide.



They were doing what hippos do. Floating just below the surface. Bobbing their heads up from time to time. Waggling their little ears and blinking their froggy eyes.



There was some jostling and grunting, but it seemed half-hearted.



Yawning and snorting, they sank back in the ripples to doze and dream.

Great TR Dream Weaver - your photos are great and you have had so many lovely sightings.

Dreamer,

Sigh ...Nothing could be nicer than having this stunning view from the hide... ...hippo sounds music to my ears.

Thank you for sharing your super TR

Lovely dream, I love the sound that hippos make when in the water ive always wondered if that isnt their way of laughing lol

Great and very relaxing pictures of the Ellies and Hippos Dream Weaver!

Wow, very nice "bunch" of Hippos

Foxy - Hello and thank you.

Trrp-trrrrrrrr - It was really nice. Nature's music is wonderful isn't it?

Sheenaugh-Lee - Some people sound a bit like hippos when they laugh, don't they? So maybe that is just what the hippos are doing.

hilda - Relaxing spot too.

Philip1 - Bunch. A good way to describe them.

Eventually the elephants had had enough of the water and they moved on, allowing us to cross the river and return to our bungalow in Mopani.

There, we made a fresh salad and tossed into it thin slices of the steak left over from the previous night’s braai. With glasses of cold white Auslese wine in hand, we sat down on the verandah to enjoy a lunch with a view.



Replete and rested, Chacma tackled the task of transferring airtime to data on his new SIM card, so that he could access his email account. It proved to be an exercise in frustration; trying to decode and follow prompts in unfamiliar jargon. It involved a lot of pressing zero and waiting for the next confusing instruction, until the recorded voice firmly and finally refused to recognise his number.

It was with less than the best grace that Chacma abandoned the task.

There was still time for a short late afternoon drive and so we set off for Shidlayengwenya. Although the sun was behind it and a bit dazzly, that peaceful place soon soothed from Chacma’s spirit the scratches that the telecom encounter had left upon it.

We lingered a while and then, restored, we reluctantly returned to camp.

On the way back, silhouetted against the evening sky, stood a large, but distant group of eland.

They looked like ancient rock art come to life.

I love that view you guys had from your chalet it is absolutely breathtaking thanks for sharing dream

Beautiful view from your verandah Dream Weaver!

Wow what a great few days you had at Mopani!
Just love the leppie-ellie story that you told and the kiekies were great as well!
Then I can't believe that there isn't a toilet at that lookout point-it says that on my map as well
Beautiful tuskers!
Cute kittlitz plover we saw one in December as well-almost drove over it! They are so cute and small!!!!
Love the sunrise at Mopani!
Really enjoying your TR