I spent 3 days at a citrus farm called De Olde Drift Guest Farm. Very cool B&B. It was located in the town of Addo about 20 km from the gates of Addo Elephant National Park which is actually fairly close. Notice the logo to the left of the sign? That logo is a kudu and it is the logo of the South African National Park System.
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| Kudu |
Here's some of the animals I saw on my game drives during my stay at Addo. Kudu are big regal antelopes. Very beautiful but skittish so hard to get good pictures of.
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| Cape Buffalo |
Cape buffalo are big and mean. They are the animal most likely to kill you in the park. When they charge, they keep coming and coming. The guides said that Cape Buffalo have knocked cars off the road and into ravines.
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| Warthog |
Pumba is swahili for warthog & simba is swahili for Lion. The Lion King should have taught you that!
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| Black Backed Jackal |
This guy was working his way across a field - he would use a paw to roll over a dung pile, he would eat the grubs left exposed and then move on to the next dung pile... The dung piles are because of the Dung Beetle that rolls the fresh elephant, buffalo or rhino dung into balls and lays it's eggs in the middle. There are signs all over the park warning you to not run over dung piles in the road. So you don't squash the dung beetle larvae.
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| Red Hartebeest |
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| Burchells Zebra |
Zebras are beautiful. I could sit and watch them all day long. You can tell them apart by their stripes.
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| Elephants - Lots and Lots of them! |
Shari
I can hear the circle of life playing in the background. Have you seen Mufasa yet?
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