Elephant in the late afternoon

Another day, another game drive

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November 15th 2008
It’s quiet this Saturday morning as we drive through the bush. Enoch teases that the animals partied too hard last night. First stop, the watering hole with the dead elephant to see if there has been any action. Yesterday, the ecologist opened the hide of the decaying carcass so that the animals would be able to eat. Guess who found it first? That roar we heard last night was the lonely lion c ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Sabi Sands

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more