Summary of the Safari

After a bit of adventure, I arrived in Mua yesterday afternoon. I'll tell you about that tomorrow, but for now because I fell behind on safari, I thought I'd post some pictures that I took at that time. The internet connection isn't a whole lot better, but it's part of the center where I'm staying and I can use my laptop so I can more easily take the time I need to post over the slow connection.

Here below is the tent where I stayed. It was surprisingly comfortable inside, with a pair of cots, a side table and mosquito netting.
There were a lot of small antelope-like animals all over the park, to keep the lions and leopards fed, I guess. This is a group (herd?) of impala.We also saw plenty of zebras. I found out their markings are distinct for each animal, like our fingerprints.

Thsi is Robert, the warthog. He's relatively tame and well-known to all the guides in the park. He's considerably uglier than Pumbaa in the movie, "The Lion King."

We had these vervet monkeys in our camp. So I was told to keep my tent zipped up at all times.

There are an estimated 18,000 elephants in South Luangwa National Park.
On a night safari, we followed lions as they stalked their prey.

We saw a lot of hippos, but they were almost always in deep water and so we couldn't get a picture. Here's one running away back to the safety of the Luangwa River.