After a full day of Game watching yesterday, this morning was a slow start. We did, however, spend some time at a little market, purchasing souvenirs and some fruit & veg (Hluhluwe queen pineapples, bananas, passion fruit and avocados) The above purchases cost us R80 (about £6!). Nice.
L,R& myself spent a couple of hours in a crocodile park this afternoon. It's amazing how interesting those creatures really are. We were perturbed, however, to come across several seemingly-empty snake pits as we were unsure where those snakes had gone to, but I'm sure they were really just hiding under a rock...
Again, it was possible to get right up to enormous (but elderly) crocodiles with only a thin-ish wire fence in between... so much for safety...
In conclusion to the Wildlife bit of the holiday, it's been a thoroughly great few days and we've seen much more than we bargained on. Over dinner this evening, the top 3 creatures were chosen and they are as follows:
- Hippos - especially when they wander up into our garden and for looking permanently bemused as they wallow in the shallows all day ignoring tourists.
- Warthogs - for having different hair-styles - we saw blondes, brunettes and even redheaded critters in iMfolowzi. Cute in a scruffy pig sort of way.
- The local monkeys - for using our tree as a landing strip and for being so amusing to watch (although not to get to close too!)
Tomorrow we're heading back down South for a day near Durban at Gateway Theatre of Shopping and Umhlanga Rocks, before heading towards the mountains on Thursday. It's certainly been a full programme so far and looks set to continue...
