Our last full day of holiday - started as usual with tea and flapjack to our tent. After breakfast we jumped in the jeep to see if we could find the roan which the riders had seen -as we passed the end of the runway we saw two sand grouse taking in the sun. After a further 40 minutes or so - success- we found one lone roan with beautiful facial markings, it allowed us a perfect sighting through binoculars but then headed into the bushes - so no photograph - we ...

We packed up and after breakfast left fly camp and headed up stream passed a couple of grumpy hippos to an island where we walked for an hour and a half - seeing good herds of zebra and wildebeest along with a pair of secretary birds - the walking here was much easier and enjoyable - it was more open and the grasses shorter and less prickly. On the way back the hippos were even more grumpy with the male marking his territory with frantic swishing of his tail and ...

A nice tray of tea, with mugs, and flapjack arrived at 0600 to wake us up. We then headed to mess for a light breakfast before going on a walk, with James and Paul, at 7.00am. To get to the start point we got in the jeep and passed the carcass enroute; this time we saw a hyena feeding while actually standing inside the massive head and neck cavity and one was lolloping off - no doubt full. The riders left for fly camp where we were all going to spend the night w...

We had our last mokoro trip and saw the smallest green long reed frog sandwiched between two reeds and two other painted reed frogs (today's photo) one of which jumped into the boat. The tranquility of slipping quietly through the water was both calming and invigorating - our last stop was an island close to camp for a quick coffee before we headed back for a very light brunch and the motor boat trip to the airstrip. Our plane arrived bang on time - 1140 - so we ...