Amakhala - Day 3
Apr. 17th, 2007 06:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emmelinemayThe game drive this morning starts at 6am, so we have our alarm call at half 5. I can't quite believe I'm getting up at half five while on holiday.
Mum wakes up with a terribly headache having hardly slept, so she elected to have a bath and stay at home for the final drive. And I guess as this is her 6th trip here, she can be forgiven for missing one drive...
The plan is to try and find the male cheetah - the female always runs away, but the male is sometimes found walking the perimeter of the main reserve. We hunt and hunt, but don't find him.
We do get to see a beautiful sunrise, and find a male giraffe having a wonder about, and happy to pose for photographs.
Further on, we find the zebra. Most of them were hiding in the bushes - the stripes really are astonishingly effective camouflage. The baby zebra was sufficiently interested in us to come a bit closer, so I managed to get a few pictures - although a trick of the sunlight makes it look as though I've superimposed the baby zebra into these pictures!!
As we headed home, a black backed jackal crossed the road in front of us. These are usually really shy, to to have one come so close is really unusual. Kulani was really pleased to get so close to one.
We also pass the remains of a young elephant, who died of stress after beign brought to Amakhala from a different reserve.
As we draw near to the lodge for the final time, we pass a lone male buffalo, so i can actually show you the cow with a viking hat:
We arrived back at the lodge for breakfast, and sadly packed and said goodbye to Amakhala.
I cannot possibly do Amakhala justice in describing how wonderful it is - if any of you ever have the time and the money, go! Start saving now! It's 100% totally worth it, and the experience of a lifetime.
full photo gallery so far
Mum wakes up with a terribly headache having hardly slept, so she elected to have a bath and stay at home for the final drive. And I guess as this is her 6th trip here, she can be forgiven for missing one drive...
The plan is to try and find the male cheetah - the female always runs away, but the male is sometimes found walking the perimeter of the main reserve. We hunt and hunt, but don't find him.
We do get to see a beautiful sunrise, and find a male giraffe having a wonder about, and happy to pose for photographs.
Further on, we find the zebra. Most of them were hiding in the bushes - the stripes really are astonishingly effective camouflage. The baby zebra was sufficiently interested in us to come a bit closer, so I managed to get a few pictures - although a trick of the sunlight makes it look as though I've superimposed the baby zebra into these pictures!!
As we headed home, a black backed jackal crossed the road in front of us. These are usually really shy, to to have one come so close is really unusual. Kulani was really pleased to get so close to one.
We also pass the remains of a young elephant, who died of stress after beign brought to Amakhala from a different reserve.
As we draw near to the lodge for the final time, we pass a lone male buffalo, so i can actually show you the cow with a viking hat:
We arrived back at the lodge for breakfast, and sadly packed and said goodbye to Amakhala.
I cannot possibly do Amakhala justice in describing how wonderful it is - if any of you ever have the time and the money, go! Start saving now! It's 100% totally worth it, and the experience of a lifetime.
full photo gallery so far
