Night Drive Delight

The vast african land had just surrendered itself to the eery darkness as the spotlight came on. A pride of 3 large male lions had been savoured just before the drinks break and as the luminescent glow now scoured twilight terrain the nocturnal creatures came out to greet us. A nightjar switfly escaped the front end of the bonnet before fluttering away to find a new resting place and when the landcruiser slowly edged forward to our surprise a honey badger ran summarily across the road into the glow of the headlights...a quick glance in our direction and he was gone as soon as he had arrived. Excitement filled the vehicle once more as a white tailed mongoose was spotted by our tracker Dan's sharp eyes. Easing under a small tree stump he vanished with a flick of his fluffy white tail after a fantastic viewing. Just as the drive was about to end a small genet sidled up to a tree stump, scent marked and basked in the radiance of the spotlight before casually wandering off into the sandforest unknowingly giving us a wonderful treat to end a great drive.

Posted: Phinda by Rich Laburn, Date: 9 July 2007