Africa Day 10

Started the day watching 2 lions walk upstream. After breakfast I spotted a skunk-like animal down in the valley, it turned out to be a Honey Badger, apparently one of the toughest and fierest animals in Africa. Nocturnal, it is unussual to see one in the daytime.
During the morning wildlife drive we came upon several groups of elephants, because this is towards the end of the dry season they have come here because of the permanant river. It is estmated there are over 500 in the park now. We also saw our first Elan, the largest antelope.
After lunch I sat on the cliff outside our lodge, above the river valley. About 250 wildebeest, 100 zebra, and a smattering of Eland, Impala, warthogs, ostrich came to the river to drink. After getting a drink, they started to slowly move away from the river to graze on the dry grasses. Suddenly a baboon issued a loud alarm call and all the animals began running from the river. But soon they calmed down, apparently no predator was sighted, and they continued grazing.