Animals at the Pan 05 Elephants

Animals at the Pan

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August 29th 2013
Geo: -24.7435, 26.2573This evening we had no guests, so I went with Paul for a drive to pick up staff from one of the gates. On the way out of the lodge, we stopped in the wetlands to briefly watch some water buck. The water buck were enjoying standing knee deep in the mud, drinking and eating water grasses. We continued on and about thirty minutes later came to Vlei Pan - out of the best waterh ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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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