Wow, what a day. Up at 4:30 and it was very cold. I was thinking this balloon ride wasn't going to be worth the effort but it was. I was disappointed that we wouldn't fly over a park but quite frankly seeing the mountains, rivers and agriculture was as interesting. I thought it would be miserably cold but it was't nearly as cold up in the air as on the ground. We got warm in fact.
Car driving itself.
Back for breakfast and a lens change and we headed out to The Hodespriut Endangered Species Center, a highlight of the trip.
But first we sat for about a 1/2 hour with a leopard and her cub. The couldn't coax the cub into the open and after calling and calling to it she had to go and fetch it. I love to hear the leopard rasping.
The Center was started as a cheetah rescue facility by the owner of our camp. And it then evolved into all endangered species rescue and breeding facility. To be so close to the African wild dog, one of the most endangered species of predators on the planet, was too cool.
I wish I could go on and on about this interesting place but Carline won't tolerate it and we're short on time. But, I will add the best part, playing with two tamed cheetahs that cannot ever be released. Really, really neat.
We saw a lioness and her two cubs by a water hole on our way back to the lodge. We had a late lunch and will meet at 5:00 for sundowners and a nighttime elephant back safari followed by a tour of the barn, dinner and finally to bed.....Caroline used some belts to secure our doors last night. We're such titty babies.
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