Imbumbala

Heron landing
Malachite Kingfisher
Lioness (actually taken at the lion sanctuary)
Hippo yawn!

Dagger flying

View from our hike in the hills
Dung beetle rolling the dung!

Day 6 to 8
It was really hot while we were here, in the mid thirties! We went tracking on foot and learned how and why you do this. We saw many bird species, tracks and scat which we had to identify. We then headed down to the river to see tracks in the sand. After lunch we did some sensory deprivation and observation exercies. This involved picking out 8 objects that were hidden in the bush for instance a hat, to see how good our observation skills were. We then put on extra layers of clothes as well as ear plugs, nose plugs and a blind fold. We then sat under a tree like this, and after 10 minute intervals we were able to take a layer off. We did this for a total of 1 hour. This tested our senses to see how valuble they really are, especially in the bush. We had lectures on mammals and learned to ID trees, which many have medicinal properties which we found interesting. In the evening we went for an eboat ride and learned about constellations.
We went for an early boat ride the next morning and then a hike. We tracked animals and learned about bush survival. We saw zebras and then at the river nearby saw 13 hippos! We also saw a protected dung beetle on the trail and he was rolling hippo dung to give to his female for a nest. We also a bird that we were waiting to see all trip, especially Alysha , which was a Malachite Kingfisher. We also did some shooting pratice for our game capture day. Mel got 15 out of 25 and Alysha got 20 out of 25. We then went for a night ride and saw some wildebeest and impala.
On our last day we had another morning boat ride. We saw zebras, monitor lizzards, impala and Kudo. We then came back and wrote a test for uni credits. Last of all we went for our final evening boat ride and saw a bull rhino on the shore. We then took out the spotlight for croc hunting and saw some eyes. They thought this was a bushbaby, but on closer look saw that there was a leopard!