We are all set to visit the Frontier and Garden Route Parks.
This is our first visit to these Parks except for Mountain Zebra National Park (MZNP)
Our itinerary is as follows:
21-23 Dec. - MZNP
23-27 Dec - Addo
27-29 Dec - Ebb & Flow
29-31 Dec - Storms River Mouth
31 Dec-1 Jan - Bontebok
01-03 Jan - Karoo
03-05 Jan - Camdeboo
Having read some of the travel tales for these Parks, we are really looking forward to the trip
Tell you all about it when we get back
Across the Frontier into Eden*
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It is always exciting to visit a new destination and especially so when it is in your own country. Duke and I had not visited the Eastern Cape Parks and the Garden Route, except for Mountain Zebra National Park.
Beautiful
We crossed the Frontier and found the road to Eden
and also the stairway to heaven
Beautiful
We crossed the Frontier and found the road to Eden
and also the stairway to heaven
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Thanks Toko, nan, Richprins, Lisbeth and Mel
First stop: Mountain Zebra National Park
21-12-2013
We arrived at the gate at about 3pm to a dark and cloudy sky
This was our allocated home for the next two days
Read the history of the Park while you relax
and enjoy a stunning sunset with your sundowner
The last time we were in MZNP we had two very special experiences:
1. The cheetah tracking
2 The Night Drive. Last time we saw caracal, aardwolf and black rhino.
We decided to give the cheetah tracking a miss this time. We could not do the night drive on our first night because of the rain. We did get a night drive on the second night and this was easily the best night drive we have ever had in any Park
Sadly we had to leave Eden and come back to earthToko wrote: Sharifa
Welcome back on Earth
Primising start - vistas and skies
First stop: Mountain Zebra National Park
21-12-2013
We arrived at the gate at about 3pm to a dark and cloudy sky
This was our allocated home for the next two days
Read the history of the Park while you relax
and enjoy a stunning sunset with your sundowner
The last time we were in MZNP we had two very special experiences:
1. The cheetah tracking
2 The Night Drive. Last time we saw caracal, aardwolf and black rhino.
We decided to give the cheetah tracking a miss this time. We could not do the night drive on our first night because of the rain. We did get a night drive on the second night and this was easily the best night drive we have ever had in any Park
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But the day comes before the night so I will have to do that firstMel wrote:Eish, the Mistress of Suspense... That night drive sounds promising.
Looks like they changed the patio furniture? Those chairs look much nicer than the ones we had almost two years ago.
I already know that I need to get back to that place as well. What a beautiful park with stunning sunsets (and sunrises as well).
The furniture has changed but don't try lifting one of those chairs, even the driver was huffing. Why lift it you ask, well don't sit on one that has been in the sun
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We were out of the camp at 6.00 am when the gates opened. There was mist in the valley
It was just too beautiful to describe. The mist lifting from the valley against the backdrop of the mountains....SIGH
and then the Mountain Zebra, Red Haarties and Black Wildies in the mist
It was just too beautiful to describe. The mist lifting from the valley against the backdrop of the mountains....SIGH
and then the Mountain Zebra, Red Haarties and Black Wildies in the mist
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We also got some nice flowers
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A speckled mousebird also enjoyed the flowers
In the grass, a distance from the road, we saw a PCG wanting to make a meal of a snake. We thought cobra at the time but not sure now looking at the pics.
That was a little too close and the PCG thought better of it and flew off
Jackal Buzzard
Rock Kestrel
A PCG that new snakes should be left alone
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A speckled mousebird also enjoyed the flowers
In the grass, a distance from the road, we saw a PCG wanting to make a meal of a snake. We thought cobra at the time but not sure now looking at the pics.
That was a little too close and the PCG thought better of it and flew off
Jackal Buzzard
Rock Kestrel
A PCG that new snakes should be left alone
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Lovely flowers, Sharifa - The Pentzia globosa shrubs look very pretty and you captured also a beautiful Bulbine abyssinica
Love also the Rock Kestrel and the Jackal Buzzard
But my fav is the Hibiscus pusillus Supercool find
Love also the Rock Kestrel and the Jackal Buzzard
But my fav is the Hibiscus pusillus Supercool find
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Aha!Sharifa wrote:...also a chance to pick up the aardvark and aardwolf.
Great raptors against blue skies! Also interesting interaction between the PCG and the what-ever snake.
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I have always wondered why the outside furniture is so heavy I suppose it is a kind of anti-theftSharifa wrote:
The furniture has changed but don't try lifting one of those chairs, even the driver was huffing. Why lift it you ask, well don't sit on one that has been in the sun
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Those misty pics have a very special atmosphere..........if it was not cold
Beautiful flower pics and I love the one of the mousebird
Beautiful flower pics and I love the one of the mousebird
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