On safari mar 5

Yesterday we drove from skuzuki to oliphant. An amazing trip. Certainly a highlight was 2 very large herds of elephants crossing in front of us. In one case we stopped and waited as the entire herd went about 10 m in front of our car. There were many mothers with babies. They put themselves between us and the babies. The last mother stood in front of us as her baby crossed and waved her trunk at us as if to say stay back. Now I was worried she would charge us. In the second instance we came across a herd of possibly 70 elephants. They were more or less together. I pointed them out and thought we were possibly going to far to see them as we rounded a corner. But behind the corner were a large number of mothers and babies stopped right beside the road. I thought we could just sit a while and watch and then noticed they were heading towards the road. One by one they started to cross then I saw from lower down the valley the biggest elephant I have ever seen. He was massive and he was mad and charging. I had no idea what he was so angry at and then saw a little car go shoot backwards out of the bush. It was no doubt a dirt road and clearly the people were taking pictures unaware that the troop would move toward them (and us).He was so rattled they drove off. The herd continued as did the massive big elephant (but not before he threatened us too). We stayed still. We also had great viewing of lions in a den. As we approached it was clear we had to wait to see the lions. It was very slow but eventually it was our turn. We took our time and moved past but had to do a u turn to get back in the right direction. Now there was a huge traffic jam. We had to wait to get through. Suddenly I spotted two lions heading out of the den. They crossed the road right in front of our car. They came over to us even though a large number had been waiting some time to see them. We had perfect picture position. Other sites included Ostrich, many giraffes, more elephants, plus zebras and kudos. We arrived at Oliphant rest area. Our unit has a beautiful view. We are perched over the river, the unit is comfortable and amenities are good.