Though a lot smaller than Kruger, it is still 96.000hectares, boasts most wildlife, including the (in my view overrated) Big Five. It isn’t savannah like Kruger, but hilly and bushy. Visibility wasn’t that great but we had the big thrill of having an irritated (or horny?) elephant bull charge us. Our guide managed to get away but when a roaring 6-ton animal comes within a meter of the car, let me assure you it is quite the thrill!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Hluhluwe-Imfolozi camp reserve
After a long day of hitch hiking, we got stranded in Mtubatuba, we were saved by a ranger and brought to a secluded backpacker/lodge. After some negotiating with local management, we seized the opportunity to show Estelle some wildlife and went on a safari tour in the Hluhluwe park. This is the oldest park of South Africa, created at the end of the 19th century, and before it was a former hunting domain for a Zulu King, so it had never been inhabited. 
Though a lot smaller than Kruger, it is still 96.000hectares, boasts most wildlife, including the (in my view overrated) Big Five. It isn’t savannah like Kruger, but hilly and bushy. Visibility wasn’t that great but we had the big thrill of having an irritated (or horny?) elephant bull charge us. Our guide managed to get away but when a roaring 6-ton animal comes within a meter of the car, let me assure you it is quite the thrill!
Though a lot smaller than Kruger, it is still 96.000hectares, boasts most wildlife, including the (in my view overrated) Big Five. It isn’t savannah like Kruger, but hilly and bushy. Visibility wasn’t that great but we had the big thrill of having an irritated (or horny?) elephant bull charge us. Our guide managed to get away but when a roaring 6-ton animal comes within a meter of the car, let me assure you it is quite the thrill!
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