So it turns out East London is not our cup of tea. This means it’s an early rise to get ourselves out of here and on to Addo Elephant National Park.
And along the way I make friends with the local wildlife.
We arrive at Addo just before noon and after checking in, we begin our drive up to the campground.
Once again we are lucky with our game viewing. Not only do we see tons of elephants, but we also see Kudus for the first time.
Although seeing a warthog isn’t new for us – being the seasoned safari-goers that we are – we still get a kick out of them… they seem to be everywhere and friends with all the other wildlife.
Because of the large population of elephants in Addo Elephant National Park – obviously – there is also a large population of flightless dung beetles. These beetles live off the dung of the elephant, so there are warnings throughout the park not to drive over the dung.
Of course, this isn’t as easy as it sounds since (sh)it is everywhere!
Tonight we get a great sunset…
…but the next morning is so cold Eric and I are forced to break out our toques. Who would have thought in Africa, of all places?
We pack up our site and head off into the park, where we have another good day of game viewing. We see jackals…
Ostriches…
And of course, more elephants.
Much to Eric’s dismay / horror, I also take some time to practice driving a manual car.
At the end of the day we arrive in Port Elizabeth and say good-bye to “Skippy”.
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