Heard barking deer alarm calls and raced on elephants to try to spots it, I saw the bush moving but the call of tiger,tiger,tiger didn't help either Cathy or I to spot it. Kate did manage to just get a glimpse of the tiger before he disappeared into deeper undergrowth. We continued hunting but then veered off course and came upon a large male rhino, who after starring for a minute, decided to turn tail and run. We then saw the usual deer, lots of beautiful butterflies and birds. Made it to camp by about 11am and felt exhausted, cold is not improving so after lunch I went to the tent, hot though it was (a mini sauna is more accurate) to try to regain some energy.
Back out on elephants at 5pm to look back where Bimh had spotted the tiger in the morning. Almost given up on spotting anything when we came down tHe river and saw a large young male playing on the river bank, happily rolling over and flicking his tail, seemingly not bothered by an audience of 8 people and two elephants. We stayed and watched for at least half and hour before the tiger got bored, went for a swim and silently slipped off up the bank.
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