Short Drive

Africa » South Africa
February 16th 2012

Published: June 17th 2017

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01 Giraffe

Two giraffe by the roadside.

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After work this afternoon I went with Paul for a drive to Abjaterskop Gate to pick up a staff member who was returning from leave. Firstly we drove past our waterhole and (for once) there were no elephants splashing around, so we continued on. We saw some general game- giraffe, wildebeest, impalas and zebra.

On one of the main roads of the park we saw a crash of 4 white rhinos. There were all adults and crossed the road from the right hand side. Once they crossed they were just a metre or so from the cruiser they stopped and watched us watch them. Watching them reminded me of the mindless deaths of rhinos that have occurred in the park in the past year.

After ten minutes or so we continued. We came to Vlei Pan. This is a very popular waterhole with the animals because fresh water is pumped daily. At that moment there were only three male kudus on the other side. We were now half way to the gate. We stopped to watch a herd of impalas. At this time of the year there are many young impalas. Their legs are so skinny!

We arrived at

02 Blockade

Three of the four white rhinos that were temporarily blocking the road.

the gate and picked up the staff member and drove back towards the lodge. As we turned a corner I spotted something out of the side of my eye- three sleeping lions two metres from the road. Paul braked and reversed. They were not bothered at all by our presence and continued to sleep, except for one which opened her eyes and raised her head, but only for a few seconds and then went back to sleep. We continued driving back towards the lodge and didn't see much else.

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