Spending the day eating in you pj’s
Zebras will always be a favorite sighting on any game drive and even better if you get to see them up close like we did at Kragga Kamma Game Park recently.
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21/10/2014
Springbok reserve
Ever wondered where the Springboks that don't make the team hang out? Kragga Kamma Game Park, where else?
18/10/2014
Impala at Kragga Kamma
A week or so ago we spent the morning in Kragga Kamma Game Park as a family. Its been a while since I've visited the park and every time I go I'm amazed at how fortunate we are to have such a great little park so close to the city. One of the pictures I took on the day was of an female Impala who was part of a breeding herd that was grazing next to the road. I thought…
14/10/2014
Addo roadblock
Nobody likes a road block, sitting bumper to bumper behind a slow moving object or having to waste time in a stop go situation. That is unless you get all of these because of elephants in the Addo Elephant National Park. I had a meeting in Addo and decided to leave two hours early and swing through the park to visit my favorite trunked pachyderms. Entering the South Gate at Colchester, I decided to do one of the loops in the…
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13/10/2014
Odd one out
I recently spent a night at the highly recommended Ganora Guest Farm near Nieu-Bethesda. Early morning before breakfast I went for a walk around the farm and down to the river. On my way back I found this interesting scene of a calf having breakfast with the sheep. A case of mistaken identity?
12/10/2014
Cattle on the Wild Coast beaches
The Wild Coast was one of my last two unexplored Eastern Cape frontiers (the other one is the North Eastern Cape around Rhodes) and I got to do a trip through and explored for two days (more is needed as there is so much I need to go back to see) recently. One of the things I hoped most to see were cows on the beach. Yes, you heard me right. Cows enjoying the sunshine and sand of the Wild Coast beaches. …
13/08/2014
Zebra on the plains
A Burchell's Zebra standing on the Addo plains. Wonder what he's looking at? A lurking lion perhaps?
14/06/2014
Addo waterhole scene
A couple of young bulls, part of a family group, at Hapoor Waterhole in the Addo Elephant National Park. If this doesn't want you to go to the park this weekend then I don't know what will.
12/06/2014
A calf was born – an unforgettable experience
I remember when I was about 8 or 9 I got to see a cow give birth on a farm I went to with my grand parents. Its something I never forgot and I always wondered if my KidZ, being city kids, would ever get the opportunity to see it happen. During our Sho't Left Easter weekend at the Crags we visited the Natures Way Farm Stall across the road from the campsite a couple of times. Natures Way is…
25/04/2014
Random elephant “did you knows”
I haven't done a "Random ..." post in ages, so for today I'm doing three Random elephant did you knows. An elephant's trunk, which is a fusion of their nose and upper lip, contains over 100,000 different muscles. African Elephants also have two finger like features on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items with. Indian Elephants on the other hand only has one of those "fingers". An elephant can lift up to 350kg with their trunks. Elephants have…
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27/03/2014