After a week of spending time in the community
at Mafambisa with the care workers, children and visiting care givers in their
homes and hearing their stories, Saturday gave us the opportunity for some down
time which we spent in Kruger National Park.
The day started earlier than usual with a 4:30 start to make our way to the
gates of Kruger so that we would be first in the queue and avoid passport hold
ups.
We were fortunate to find three of the ‘big five’ (the animals most dangerous
to hunt) before 8.30am alone. The first discovery was a group of zebras, in
which we were all awed by the sight of seeing them in their natural habitat.
The sight of the elephants was truly amazing as we saw them within a herd (a
sight we were told was rare) and also in very close proximity where we were at
risk of being stampeded upon. Our final sighting of the ‘big five’ was a rhino,
we saw both black and white ones and despite being a distance away the size of
them was still overwhelming. Sadly we did not get to witness a lion but that
was not to put a dampener on the day.
Upon finishing our chilly swim, we continued our journey around the national
park but we were unlucky in finding any more animals but it was just as amazing
to observe the landscape.
We arrived back to the Hub in darkness as we had left, treating ourselves to a
meal of lasagne that we shared with our friends (the long term volunteers of
Hands) and played several new games around the table.
So pleased you were able to have some "down time" after all your hard work during the past week....Barbara
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