Day 79 Baines Baobab Campsite, Nxai Pan

Decamped and at the waterhole by 7am to watch herds of zebra, springbock, impala, wilderbeest and kudu coming down to drink.  The lions had moved away but not very far as we saw the two male lions a few hundred yards away.

Finally decided to risk taking the meds for prophylactic treatment for bilhazia that we had got from the pharmacist in Malawi so most of day spent feeling a bit dodgy but hopefully the slight inconvenience will ensure we avoid other more nasty things.

Drove south to Baines Baobabs which are 7 baobab trees made famous by the artist Thomas Baines (and apparently Prince Charles also painted them). Our camp site is set on the opposite side of a salt pan with a great view of the trees turning red in the sunset.

After sunset the silence was broken by three extremely noisy owls – we managed to spot one in the torch light and we think it was probably a barn owl.