Today was my last full day in the park. I decided on a short drive as I was to spend the next day and a half getting back home. When at Nossob what better way than to spend it on my most favorite waterholes, both within 20km of camp on the Northern route being Cubitje Quap and Kwang. The usual early start put me at the first one at about 07h00 after a very leisurely drive. No real action, but I expected the lions I had been tracking for the past few days. On to Kwang and the usual suspects in Wildebeest, buck etc. I spent a most relaxing hour there just parked in the shade reading and looking up at what had come and go.
Mostly go as the plains soon ended empty. Back to Cubitje Quap and some time spent there watching a magnificent Bateleur drinking and washing. A most impressive bird, fully grown and totally unconcerned with other animals.
Still no lions on the return journey and my theory above was blown out the water. A quite rest of the day in camp saw, in golfing terms, moving day, as there was quite a turnover in people leaving and new ones arriving. Later on, that evening as the last part of the sun had just set and I was quite relaxed, my theory came to fruition. The lions came past roaring on their way. So, they did come down, but I only heard the roars mixed with the calls of the African Scopps Owl. Few other places on earth could have been better.
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