Scorpions, Elephants and Lions.

The journey from Swaziland to Joburg and back to the Rissington was a bit long and tedious (8 hours) but it had to be done.

Blesbok saying bye as we left Malaloja, Swaziland.

The welcome at the Rissington however made up for it and we had a lovely evening and diner there.

As soon as we arrived at Africa on Foot, a back to basic lodge inside the Kruger it all kicked off. Elephants noisily came through the camp in the afternoon and again in the evening sending everyone scurrying about.

Deb found a black scorpion in our room which had to be removed by one of the guides, I was about to pick it up thinking it was a bit beetle…….! Good job I didn't!

Great evening came drive seeing a big herd of Rhino, 3 Lions and an old male Giraffe. Awesome sunset. Lovely dinner surrounded by lightning and later heavy rain.

Took me ages to get these guys to line up, Mary on the end still spoilt it!

Best walking safari ever….. tracking a pair of Lions which we then saw from about 30 meters away, got my heart racing a bit. Later we were told to quicky crouched behind a bush and keep very still as a herd of Elephant walked slowly right past us…… All these next photos were taken on foot.

Here you can see us crouching, then the guide with his gun and then the Elephants.

You can just see the guide on the right!

Can’t wait to go out again later. 37 degrees today!