We woke up on the 22nd at 4:30 a.m., the normal wake up call time for morning drives, to pouring rain.... Not good! We opted to stay in along with the rest of our group and wait to see if it cleared up. In the mean time we hung out with Stephane and Kelvin, our new friends that live in DC. It did clear up, so we set out with not high hopes of seeing much since most animals are hiding from the rain/wet conditions. We did not see much minus a ton of water bucks hanging out by e watering hole (which we did get some great photos of) and of course impalas and kudu. We were very bummed we never saw a lion but after only getting 3 drive opportunities instead of 4 because of Our missing bag mess & being late to the lodge- we saw just as much Asa everyone else who had been there for 4 drives before us. Lions had moved south and had just not been around for a week or so. We also knew we would have the opportunity to walk with them face to face in Zimbabwe so it wasn't too disappointing. So, we returned to the lodge, packed and headed out for Graskop.
The weather was yucky all the way to Graskop which was a bummer, but of course we would rather it have been then and clear up for the next day when plans were to do the panoramic route. We had dinner at a yummy Portuguese restaurant and then went to bed.
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