Not everything on The Waterberg Trust Challenge Ride went quite as expected.

Taking photographs on horseback is not always as easy as it looks

What the wildlife thought was beyond us.

No one guessed we would be actually handling reptiles

or riding a spotted animal

It is difficult to take picture of horses cantering – but it felt we were flying

We faced unexpected challenges

along with a bit of precipitation

Although some admitted to getting a little tired

others graciously hid the fact they were  exhausted.

Despite the thought of hidden danger

the intrepid wildlife photographers survived

the hippo remained safely in the water

We had time to relax

and read a bit

as did the animals.

Everyone enjoyed being in the African bush,

no one was eaten by a crocodile

and good fun was had by all.

We made it safely through to live another day.

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