Hi AnnS,AnnS wrote:Bushboy, please tell me more about Marakele?
If you ever go to Marakele, Bontle camp, you will think Manyane is like to be in Joburg.
Bontle camp is really a rustic, quiet, and wild camping site. There are no fences around, which means the animals roam freely between the tents/caravans. Sometimes even the rhino graze around you at night!!
Imagine, waking up at 03h00, seeing a rhino a mere 3 meters from your tent!!
We had this on several occasions.
You can also see the dam/waterhole from the camping site, so all animals going for a drink is within 400 meter from you, without fencing in between.
I think the majority of visitors to Bontle go there for the senery, as there is only the general game around the camping site.
If you want to see the big five, there is a tunnel underneath the road, which goes from Bontle to the tented camp, Thlopi. Although not a lot of people have seen lions etc there.
Please visit the sanparks site, as Marakele is also a sanparks park.
Maybe the powers to be can put up a Marakele topic under the various parks?
I will then try to post some photo's there.