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Trip Highlights:

Sleeping on a tree platform in your very own sausage tree is an experience in itself and it does keep you out of the way of the elephant and hippo that wander through the camp at night. And the lions...

Late in the evening while Geoff was sitting at the bar having a liquid refreshment with the manager one of the staff ran in to report that there were three lions outside the reception which resulted in the inevitable "'Don't the lions know that the camp is full tonight" remark.

They ran to one of the safari trucks and found a group of lions lying in the grass about 100m away from the reception down the main road. Geoff had already seen giraffe, impala, elephant, hippo, kingfishers and lions and he hadn't even set foot in the park yet.

The next day on the way to the park he saw the three lions again drinking from a stream nearby and on the drive spotted impala, zebra, elephant, baboons, buffalo, hippo, crocodiles, puku and greater kudu but not the elusive leopard. On the evening drive they spotted a pride of seven lions.

Sitting down by the river with a cold beer watching the sun set with a few hippos wallowing in the foreground and a lone elephant bull walking slowly along the opposite bank is what an African safari is all about.

Flatdogs Tips & Recommendations:

• Use the minibus taxis to get to the camp at your own peril. They cram as many people as possible into them and drive as fast as the road, which is not in very good condition anyway, will allow. Speed restriction enforcement is virtually non existent on the outskirts of towns.

• Camping on the ground is perfectly safe even though the wildlife walks about in the camp. The wild animals perceive the tent as a solid object so they won't make any attempt to bother you. And if you encounter one while walking just give it a wide berth.