The South Africa Adventure - Day 5

Wednesday, August 1st, 2018

Today is the day we visit the Addo Elephant National Park. We have another very early start. Breakfast was not even being served before we left. Machiel has done some shopping and as soon as we get on the bus, he hands around some picnic breakfast.

He drives into the park through the bottom gate. It is not yet sure whether or not I'll get to have my little safari in the open vehicle as there haven't been any other bookings. We'll hear about it as we get closer to the top.

The first animal we spot is a male Kudu

Very decent of him to pose for a portrait.

Warthogs - Phacochoerus africanus

Birchell's Zebra - Equus quagga burchellii

This subspecie of Zebra is not totally black and white but has a bit of brown. Also the stripes go right round the belly.

Cape buffalo among the warthogs

Elephant on a mission

Just being bashful

Red Heartbeest - Alcelaphus buselaphus caama

Herd of buffalo

Here we all are just before I get on the Safari. The others will continue in the van.

The following pictures are taken from the front seat of the safari vehicle. The driver and guide is another very knowledgeable man and quite funny at that.

That's a pretty big boy  to still be suckling from his mother. But that's boys for you.

Slathering on the make-up.

Terrapins - all looking intently at some spectacle

There is no privacy around here

 A mob of Meerkats 
Why their young are called pups is beyond me. Shouldn't they be kittens?

Male Kudus

Female ostriches that won't be eaten by people

Yellow Mongoose

An Ostrich pair

Not sure who he is.

Vervet Monkey

There are other animals in the park, i.e. lions, black rhino, white rhino etc. But they don't come out in the middle of the day.

There are no giraffes here because in this part of Africa, there is not the tall vegetation that giraffes live on.

When we are all reunited again, Machiel drives on to the Tsitsikamma National Park for a sunset walk down the boardwalk and lots of steps to the suspension bridges by the Storms River Mouth.

Another fantastic day comes to an end. All that's left to do is drive back to the lovely Guesthouse in Sedgefield for a Braai and one last night.