So we basically checked in and were off in animal spotting truck and into Kruger Park..on tar sealed roads…huh? I thought we were on safari. To be fair we did venture onto the dirt roads a few times and it was not long before we were running into the wildlife. It started off slowly with lame animals like mongoose, kudu, zebras, deer (including a dead ringer for Bambi) and various other antelopes. Then just I was about to chuck it in (not being renown for my patience) we then stumbled upon a family of Rhinos out for a lazy graze, big five item number one…tick! To be honest the wildlife is bloody good at hiding and thank God we had our driver who was a dead eye dick at spotting them and the thing is it’s a damn big place. Then we came across the highlight of the drive, a young elephant wandered across the road in front of us and then the poser just hung out in front of us for five or so minutes soaking up the attention, we were literally metres away from him, big five item number two…tick. Our driver Ben then got a call over the radio and took off up the road where a traffic jam was, there apparently was a leopard in the grass, but we missed it, something I’m still a touch bitter about. Our lion pride stalking also proved fruitless. Well we got another crack on a park drive tomorrow morning, 3 ticks to go I’m not confident. On the drive back all the towns were going off, punters on the streets vuvuzelling, the bars filling up as their beloved Bafana Bafana was about to play their second game…which they got humped in, the vuvuzela being quieted for once.
Today was a fairly early coach ride up into what they call the Panorama Route for some sightseeing, the Lisbon Falls, Gods Window , Bourke’s Lucky Potholes, ok there were some nice views and all but for me the best part was that I did get some good shut eye on the bus! Don’t judge me, I hate scenery at the best of times. Now, just chillaxing watching football and drinking beer. Life is tough.
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