Where were all the animals?

We were warned in all pre-publicity for the tour that we should not expect to see many animals en route, and that the final stretch on day 4 would be the best opportunity to do so. We stumbled across this herd of elephant (look carefully in the background, about 200m into the bush), and did not see much else, other than a couple of dogs and other domestic animals when passing through the numerous villages en route. Herman say a donkey in deep conversation with a zebra once, and that was about it.