They were in the open field grazing. My first thought was whether we’ll be seeing any horrid hunting, but before I could mention it the game ranger pointed out lions hiding in on the outskirts of the open field. This was it! The big moment any tourist either dreads or hopes to witness. But after sitting there for an hour the lions decided that we seemed much more interesting than any tender buffalo. Ryno was not really impressed with this attention. It’s not that he doesn’t like animals, but in his whole life he’s only ever owned one dog. Whereas Bronwyn and I both have cats and I have two dogs. Watching Ryno’s facial expressions was absolutely priceless. It was a combination of fear and being not quite sure how to handle the situation. But soon enough they moved on and we were on our way again.

Heading back
In the next few days we saw more wildlife and then of course made a lot of jokes between the three of us. We’ve always been a tightly knit group of friends; very different in personality but still had a connection that others found difficult to understand. After our roundtrip through the Kruger National Park and a bit of sight-seeing in Mpumalanga we were on our way back to Cape Town.

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