A month of monochrome memories: Rietvlei Rhino

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True to our nature, we spent my birthday in early December at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, where a group of white rhinos greeted us close to the gate.

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Our end-of-year 2015 holidays were absolutely packed to the brim. Apart from our ten-day visit to the Kruger National Park (read more about our time at Lower Sabie, Olifants and Shingwedzi in December), we also made day trips to five other reserves, and will be sharing photos from those (except Suikerbosrand, which we introduced in a post all of its own) daily through the month of February, in a series we call “a month of monochrome memories”.

31 thoughts on “A month of monochrome memories: Rietvlei Rhino”

  2. terryb's avatarterryb

    Beautiful photo of a fascinating creature. So powerful and massive, but delicate and vulnerable, too. I think the use of black and white helps to highlight this.

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  11. lspeng1951's avatarlspeng1951

    What a great Birthday Greetings to you from group of white rhinos, with these nature reservations we do hope our future generations can still see these creatures.

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    1. DeWetsWild's avatarde Wets Wild Post author

      It’s a horrible situation Sheila. Let’s hope that the publicity campaigns to educate people that rhino horn is not medicine, or anything else of value, pays off.

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