The next stop on our journey was the Addo Elephant National Park, it's essentially an area the size of Surrey with a fence around it and is home to around 700 elephants and all manner of other animals including, lions, leopards, rhinos, buffaloes, zebras, various antelope, hyenas, jackals, caracals and warthogs (plus a ton of birds and reptiles of course!)
We were staying just outside the park and our hotel provided a 4x4 vehicle and guide with which to tour around finding and spotting animals. We set out early in the morning and one of the first things we saw was this little fella (above) standing in a bush! Apparently Meerkats like to stand guard using elevated lookout posts to see further, I guess this little guy was "head of security" for the clan for that day..
Next we came across this pair (above) making their way down to a watering hole, such majestic creatures and the young ones were super cute! Once we reached the water hole in our Land Rover we saw a whole troop relaxing there, a magnificent sight, elephants of all ages just chilling out under the blue sky (see below)
Whilst watching the elephants a family of warthogs passed through, a mother and three babies, of course these animals are now officially known as "Pumba's" (see below)
There were of course loads of other animals running around, too many to post, but here's a little collage of a few of the beasties we were lucky enough to see.
Unfortunately we didn't see any big cats at Addo, apparently they are quite difficult to spot, however the next stop on our journey ticked that particular box, after Addo we were off to a private game reserve about 100km away called Lalibela, the big five were calling and we had a taste for it now. Read more in the next installment.
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