This morning, I finished packing my bags after my shower and
left them in the room while we went to do one last ride on the Chobe River. We decided not to go too far since it was a
short morning and we had a flight to catch in the afternoon, so we re-visited
the Bee Eaters area on the river after looking for an elusive Malaki Kingfisher
to start the morning. We did spot it a
few times, but each time the boat driver was just too aggressive when
positioning the boat and scared it off before we could really get any good
shots. The one good thing that happened
this morning though, was we finally saw and got to quickly photograph a Giant
Kingfisher. Those things are huge compared to their cousins and it was great to
get to see one up close, even if it was only for a few minutes.
We enjoyed photographing the bee eaters for a while and
watched them cuddling up and trying to warm up in the morning sun. They were
very cute, the way they did that. I think I might have even managed to get a
few nice shots of it, and a few of them catching dragonflies.
We ended the morning on a high note and then headed back to get our bags, have
some lunch and then headed to the airport for the flight back to Johannesburg.
This plane was smaller than the one on the flight up, and thankfully we were
all at the front of the line getting on, as overhead space was very limited. We
barely managed to get all of our bags stored in the overhead compartments. After that, it was smooth sailing back to
where we all started.
We went through customs and immigration again, got our bags,
and walked across the street to the hotel.
We had dinner reservations for 6:30 and all met downstairs to eat,
before calling it a night pretty early.
I’m a lot more tired than I expected to be, and think I’ll sleep
great tonight. 😊
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