Beyond the Hippo Pool

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Morning drive in search of roan antelope - found 3 at bush breakfast plus male giraffe battling, using their necks to bash heads - brutal action.  We see several hippos on land (usually this is rare but here there are so many hippos they are calm out of the water), and a monitor lizard.  The roan antelope sighting is a real coup - only the second time John has seen them in several years guiding in Katavi.  This is a rare sighting and we are treated to a great scene as we set up a bush breakfast and the roan just graze only yards away.



Later we enjoy a relaxing sunset drive to hippo pool - there we find 2 female lions, 1 large male and 1 cub 3 months in the open with very good visibility.  Idilllic setting by the river with hippos, giraffe, impalas, crocs, pelicans, saddle bill storks, and vervet monkeys on display.




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