On our trip that I (Carina) just finished through Zimbabwe and Botswana, the question of "what do you classify as a good or bad day in Africa?"came up after a long full day through Hwange National park which started with a cold and wet game drive in an open safari vehicle.

Getting up early for breakfast, to start a morning safari before the heat of the day begins, the last thing you expect is a cold and rainy day, not the perfect start to a day you want to see animals. We started our game drive and by the time we arrived at the main camp of Hwange, only about 20 minutes drive from the lodge, we were cold and the first rows of clients were soaked.

The first few hours were quiet and not many animals around. Then we found a beautiful male lion next to his buffalo carcass only a few meters away from the car, he was so close that we were able to get some beautiful photos of him.

After lunch the sun came out a bit and it was a bit warmer, when a research vehicle stopped us and told us that there was 3 Cheetahs on a termite mound but it was far away and we could hardly made them out with binoculars. Our guide/driver quickly turned around and took another road where we managed to see them closer. We watched them for a while until they got up and disappeared into the grassland.

We continued on our game drive and on our way back we found the 3 musketeers again, it was a mother and her 2 older juveniles. They were right next to the road and they walked around and climbed on the termite mound to look around you could see they were hungry and were searching for food. We lost them about an hour later into the bush, when they went after some impalas further away in the bush.

What a day in the bush, yes it was wet and cold, but it was definitely worth the miserable morning. We would say this was a good day in fact a perfect day even though the morning was a bad start.