Day 5 - Kariba Floods

Its time for reflection which is a good excuse to do just nothing
but sit and watch.

Looking out over the Kariba floodplains there are quite a few
pods of hippos.
I wonder if these pods live in perfect harmony or do they
get terribly territorial and have hippo-big arguments.

Scanning the skies two large groups of vultures came into view.
Difficult to identify who was who in the vulture zoo but
easily identifiable were the marabou storks - circling high
above the vultures.

When birds of prey start descending then you can be pretty sure
there is a carcass on the ground.

In synchronised aerial ballet the vultures circled and circled
until out of sight and heading for Zambia.

Back to the pods.
As the day warmed up so did hippo tempers.
Nothing too serious just a few noisy neighbourly clashes.

Crocodiles lazed along the banks while buffaloes wandered
across the plains and elephants swam from island to island.

Peaceful scenes in paradise but its now time to move on.