Fearsome beast the Buffalo

Any Day at the Addo Elephant National Park

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March 2nd 2015
Sunrise drive 530am with our guide Sisi. We left without two of the party probably still asleep? I got a front row seat this time yaaayJust one Ellie a giant bull seen as we left the gate.... He had just unloaded in the road a truck load of poop and a flood of pee so the air was rank. It seems that ellies don't show their faces til late morning. Many zebras, and there are different kinds.... ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Addo Elephant National Park

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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