I probably shouldn’t use the words “elephant” and “kill” in the same sentence for fear of trending on Twitter but I mean it as a warning – there’s A LOT of photos of elephants in this post.

Thirteen members of the tour/playing group arrived Wednesday afternoon and we set off on an evening game drive in a truck all to ourselves. Gibbo stood up the back and channeled Steve Irwin pointed out all the animals. He actually wanted to drive.

This guy came lumbering down the road,

closer and closer until….

he was right there in front of us!

He ignored us completely but became slightly agitated when a white land cruiser got a bit too close; he turned and ran a few steps towards it.

We’ve learned that the word “antelope” can mean many things.

See those rocks? They’re actually hippos.

See the lioness? Just above the V in the trees. I couldn’t either, not for a while anyway. She’s the white smudge right in the middle of frame.

The game drives finish around 8.30pm.