We were woken up in the morning by our guide who brought tea, coffee, and muffins to our tent. We took the small motor boat out that morning and stopped at another island nearby called Hamerkop Island (after a type of bird). There we hopped out of the boat and went for a walk in the bush. It was nice to use my legs a little bit as all the other things we have done have been largely sedentary. We got a closer look at animal tracks and the sculptures of Africa, termite mounds. The termites are different than the pests we deal with. These ones eat fungus and build up these huge dirt mounds. It was also new to see impala and warthogs at distance from the ground instead of from a boat or 4x4.
After our bush walk, we got back on the boat and drove around for a long while. I assumed we were just taking a longer route back. Next thing we know, we are pulling back up to Hamerkop Island and sitting where we were originally barked is a boat set for lunch just sitting there by itself. We assumed someone dropped it off and hopped back on another boat back to the lodge. All of the sudden, the manager Andy, chef Beka, and two other staff members run out yelling from behind the trees to join us for our bush lunch. It was a fantastic surprise.
In the afternoon, we went for a mokoro ride. A mokoro is a dug out canoe that the local people use. Instead of rowing, they do something called poling. We finished the night watching the sun set over Fish Eagle Bar and having dinner at the lodge.
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