Day 10--Makanyi

We arrived at our new lodge, Makanyi, and it's quite extravagant--a bit too much.  Here's what the individual huts look like.

Not sure what to do with all the room. It's a beautiful resort, but doesn't quite seem to fit in with the bush.  On the plus side, there is a pond with hippos straight out from the rooms and wildlife (like this kudu) is easy to see.

As we took off on our 1st drive yesterday afternoon, we spotted this European Roller.  There are amazing birds here.

Our next stop was with a pride of lions--two brothers (adult males), a mom, and 3 cubs.  They were lazing around after eating a Cape Buffalo yesterday.  These are photos of the cubs.

They are really cute.  Here's the mom and two of the cubs.

Here's the Dad.

We ended the drive seeing cape buffalo, rhinos. and an elephant.

This morning we were out again and the highlights were hippos and a huge pack of wild dogs.  The ranger said there were 18 in the pack.

The young pups were playing around.  It was really cute watching them.

All-in-all a good first day here.