Africa 2006 Elephant Plains Notes: It is winter in South Africa during our summer months. The daytime temperatures are in the upper 60s, maybe even into the 70s. The nighttime temperatures drop to the low 30s to mid 30s. A little chilly for those thin blooded folks from San Diego! What we saw:
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We head out for the morning drive in the dark, so we have seen some wonderful sunrises. It is still very cold when we head out, and it takes a while to warm up. Left, lavender-breasted roller is fluffed up to keep warm. |
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Upper left, cape glossy starling. Above, impala. On the left is a white rhino. |
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Above is a grey heron. His perch overlooks the hippo pond. Usually one bull male keeps his harem together in his pond or water hole. He makes sure that all males stay away as long as there is other water for those male hippos. In times of draught he will share his water hole, but the other males better stay as far away from the females as possible. As we moved past the pond, several sets of eyes popped up and followed our progress around the water's edge. |
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Above left, a wildebeest hangs out with some impala. The impala have better eyesight than the wildebeest and will let him know danger is approaching before he sees it. Above right, entrance to Elephant Plains. The low electric fence that circles the camp is to keep large animals like elephants, hippos and rhinos out of camp. Left, our last meal before we have to head off to Victoria Falls and Livingstone. We had such a good time here it is hard to want to leave. So far everything about this trip has exceeded our expectations! |
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