Game drive through Imfolozi Park

5am wakeup call to meet at Safari Lodge Restaurant, to be ready to leave at 5:45 am. It was a beautiful morning with a slight chilly breeze in the air but at 5:45am we were ready and off we went; myself, Hamilton; our Ranger and our excited guests. We got to the gates at 6am sharp, just as they opened. We all waited anxiously as Hamilton went to get out Morning passes sorted. Finally the time came; we drove into the gates and started our game drive. The first thing we saw as we drove into the gates were a journey of giraffe; which is a group of giraffe, feeding on the trees, they are such beautiful animals. Hamilton explained that they sleep with their necks straight up with their body lying down.

We saw a few baby Giraffes with their mothers, they seemed a little stunned by the Land rover; probably because they are still young and aren’t used to seeing them like the older ones.

We drove past a dazzle of Zebra; which is what you call a group a of Zebra. We saw a pregnant female, Hamilton pointed that out; her stomach was bigger than the others and it hung lower. Zebra’s are pregnant for about 11 months.

As we drove further into the reserve we stopped and looked at rhino grazing in the distance. Hamilton told us the difference between white and black rhino. (Keep a look out for a blog post about the difference in the near future). Rhino are such magnificent animals, it truly is such a shame that they could be extinct in a few odd years time because of how cruel and selfish poachers are. I hope that poaching will stop; I’m sure we all do.

We drove down to the dam and spotted a couple hippos peeping out of the water. They seemed quite content in the water as they didn’t come out at all.

As we were nearing the end of drive we stopped over at a little picnic overlooking a beautiful scenery for some coffee and biscuits. We sat and chatted; just enjoying the view and each other’s company. It really was a great start to the day. After a group photo we packed up and headed back to Ubizane.

What a lovely game drive, we all learnt so much from Hamilton.