A Last Walk Before Leaving

Africa » South Africa
February 8th 2012

Published: June 17th 2017

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01 Bushbuck

A female bushbuck near the campsite.

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We had a very slow start to the day. There were no great hikes planned for today, as we were all tired and a bit sore from the last few days. We were also not staying here tonight and would be packing up in the early afternoon. Once again we ate toasted jaffles for breakfast, choosing from a variety of fillings – mushroom, cheese, tomato, onion, egg and bacon.

After breakfast we went for a walk that starts from the Visitor's Information Centre called Otto's Walk. We walked from the campsite to the start of the walk, it was only about a five minute walk. Otto's Walk is a short and simple walk, only three kilometres long. It was an easy walk and the hi-light was the view that we had of the Amphitheatre. It was a picture postcard view. We set the self timer on the camera take a group photo of us.

The guys frequently stopped on the walk to identify birds through their binoculars and with the help of the bird book. When we were nearly back to the campsite, I spent some time taking photos of a troop of baboons as they foraged for food. It

02 Sign

A sign guiding us on our short little walk.

was a nice walk back to camp as we walked along the river.

It was a bit after one when we arrived back at camp. We were all leaving this afternoon, so we packed up our tents and said goodbye to each other. Then we all left Royal Natal and went our separate directions to continue our leave from work.

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