An infuriating morning. We were supposed to leave for Kafue National Park at 9 a.m., except only one minivan arrived, instated of the contracted two. The other had gotten a flat and eventually turned up at 11:30. We piled into it, without lunch, and took off for the 5 hour drive, nourished only by some potato chips we bought at a rest-stop on the way.
On arrival, we had a quick lunch, followed by a sunset boat ride up the Kafue River that was spectacular. The highlights....A hippo....
...a rather small Nile crocodile...
...and a giant kingfisher.
An African pied wagtail, perched on a stump in the river
A half-collared kingfisher (we also saw a malachite kingfisher)
And a squacco heron
and a Hadada ibis
African jacana, with its enormous feet, evolved to walk on lily-pads...
...and its smaller cousin, the lesser jacana...
A saddlebill stork and a heron
A grey-headed gull.
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