Close encounter with a family of elephants

Elephants, bats and birthdays at Olifants

---

June 6th 2016
Geo: -30.5595, 22.9375Checked in at Olifants and they said our room was ready they thought. So we drove over and they were almost done with room but we could go ahead and bring our things in. Did not see a refrigerator outside the room on the porch as before and asked if we had a fridge. Evidently they had to move the fridges inside because the baboons had no problem turning the fridge around ... read more

Africa » South Africa

---

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