No, not that one the other one.
Our last morning at the game park, It has been a great 3 days here, the only one of the Big 5 we didn’t see was the leopard.
Last night we Saw a couple of large snails close to the cottage, Lyn’s hand is there for size comparison
After packing we took a final drive through part of the park and then linked over to another part of the park we hadn’t visited before. Unfortunately it was hot already at 30C and most of the animals had wisely sought the shade. We did see a few impala and zebra though.
Rondavaal Accommodation in Park
There has been a severe drought in the area for the last decade or so, the river below has very little water in it today. Fifteen years ago they used to offer boat tours here!
Next we headed out to St. Lucia, a coastal town on the Indian Ocean north of Durban. The estuary is home yo many hippos.
Our plans began to unravel here as we had planned to go on a whale watching boat trip as St Lucia is on the whales’ migration route. Unfortunately due to poor planning on my part, there are no tours available until Tuesday…… we have to leave on Monday. We are consoling ourselves with the fact that this is right at the end of the migration period, so there may not have been any whales to see!
There are some nice beaches here with large waves, if the waves don’t deter you from swimming then the signs that say Beware Hippos, Beware Crocodiles, Beware Something else nasty (memory failure, should have taken a picture) and Beware strong undertow should!
PS…. Only in Africa
Driving home from the restaurant and saw a dark shape in my peripheral vision, turned out to be a hippo running down the side of the road about 10ft from the car!!