KASUNGU NATIONAL PARK

Arrived at the national park after a long drive mostly off road on sand roads. One of the surprising things is how we perceive Africa to be the land where giraffes roam, lions lie under trees and elephants trample through the jungle. Not an animal in sight! Even after we entered the park...nothing!! 

We arrived and saw roundel huts set in front of a beautiful lake. Still no animals - not looking good for safari the next day. 

The young manager greeted us and told us to take a torch at night when walking to the restaurant area in order to check for snakes and hippos! And yes there are spiders she assured us 😳.

Having checked the roundel for spiders we rushed outside to look for animals.

This is a termite hill or mound.

That black lump in the water? It's a HIPPO!! Heavens they are noisy. Not all the time but every now and again a noise like a pig/donkey/goose.

This is elephant dung so we knew elephants were about but we might be lucky to see them on a two day visit...we were unbelievably lucky as you will see in the next post.