After a long day of travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg and then a brief flight to eastern South Africa, we finally arrived at Londolozi (pronounced lawn-doe-low-z) Game Reserve yesterday afternoon. We are staying in the Granite Camp, which is a collection of very nice rooms overlooking a river teaming with wildlife. After a late lunch we went on our first safari and it was incredible. We headed out just before sun down and didn't get back until well into darkness. We spotted giraffe, lions, impala, and cape buffalo. The lions were especially incredible. It was a pride of 12 lions. At the time they were sleeping, but had obviously hunted not long before as we noted by their full looking bellies. This morning, at 6am, we headed out on our morning safari. Again we spotted many animals. In addition to several more giraffe, we also spotted wild dogs, hippo, crocodile, zebra and a leopard. The leopard was especially exciting as it is considered an extreme rarity to actually spot one. The one we spotted was drinking from a small watering hole just steps from where we are staying. I have posted a few pictures below from last night and today, including the leopard.
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