The alarm clock went off at 5am. We gathered by 5:30 am (dressed in layers so we could peel them off as the sun got higher) for coffee and a little pre breakfast snack. We were off by 6am for our morning game drive. 
vervet monkeys
An impala
Around 8am we took a break by the river to enjoy some more coffee, tea and biscuits as we watched the crocodile and hippos.
taking a break for coffee and biscuits overlooking the hippos with our guide Wally
Overlooking a family of hippo on our morning game drive
baby hippo yawning
giraffe
hippo and a Nile crocodile
We finished around 10am and returned to Crocs Nest (our room on the first night) to find elephants in the front yard.
Elephants near our deck at the Crocs Nest
After a delicious breakfast we moved over to our other accommodations in the safari tents. They were spacious with bathrooms attached and overlooked the river (providing hippo calls as evening background noise). After a nap and some afternoon tea, we headed back out for an afternoon/night game drive.
Leopard walking on our afternoon drive
Female lion on our afternoon game drive
As the sun went down around 6pm, we took a break along the river to enjoy a refreshment and some snacks before our night game drive.
Taking a break by the hippos during our afternoon game drive
Tyler with a hippo behind him
Sunset with Mercury in the sky
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