Category Archives: Eastern Cape Province

We’re at Mountain Zebra National Park now

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Evening on the 27th of December 2017 finds us at Mountain Zebra National Park, where the battle to save the Cape Mountain Zebra from the brink of extinction was fought and won.

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Seymore Butts

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How many ellie bums can you fit in one picture? 😀

We had the pleasure of following this wide load on our drive through Addo Elephant National Park this morning.

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Christmas Cuties

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Wishing all of our friends here at de Wets Wild a blessed Christmas from Addo Elephant National Park!

Today’s sequence shows two baby elephants sharing a Christmas morning nap. The smallest of the two really struggled to get back up when it was time to start moving with the herd again. Certainly one of the cutest things we’ve ever seen in South Africa’s wild places!

Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo
Baby Elephant Naptime at Addo

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In the land of the giants

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We’ve arrived at the Addo Elephant National Park, where there is space for big and small to live side by side…

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What a way to end a day…

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A glorious sunset to end our visit to the spectacular Storms River Mouth.

Early tomorrow morning we’ll be heading off to the next destination on our summer itinerary.

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Now this is brave!

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While walking along the edge of the Tsitsikamma forests at Storms River Mouth Rest Camp today, Joubert and I came across a very brave Southern Boubou tangling with a deadly venomous Boomslang. The bird succeeded in driving the snake away, apparently none the worse for the encounter.

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The Tsitsikamma Coast

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After three beautiful days at Ebb-and-Flow Rest Camp in the Wilderness section of the Garden Route National Park, we’ve now moved our tent again – this time to the Storms River Mouth Camp in the rugged Tsitsikamma section of the Park. As I am typing this, soft rain is falling while we look out over the breaking waves at the end of another fantastic day in one of South Africa’s pristine wild places.

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Addo’s new Nyathi Rest Camp

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View from Addo’s new Nyathi Camp

SANParks has opened its newest accommodation offering in the Addo Elephant National Park: the luxurious new Nyathi Rest Camp. The new camp is set atop a hill with magnificent views from every spacious accommodation unit over the valley below and the rolling hills beyond, and a real possibility of seeing any of the “Big Five” from the comfort of your private veranda.

Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp

The camp offers eight 2-bed units, one 4-bed unit and two 6-bed units, each equipped with air-conditioning, satellite television, equipped kitchens, bathrooms with splendid views and private splash pools.

Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Bedroom in Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Bathroom with a view at Addo’s new Nyathi Camp

Amenities such as a restaurant, shop, fuel station and guided game drives are available at Addo’s main camp, an easy 20km drive away along sedan friendly gravel roads.

View from Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
The scenery around Nyathi is quite different from the Spekboom-dominated vegetation around Addo’s main camp
Night sky over Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Road to Addo’s new Nyathi Camp
Kings of Addo, seen near Addo’s new Nyathi Camp

 

Our 2016 in pictures

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Looking back on another year of enjoying South Africa’s beautiful wild places!

Camping at Bakgatla, Pilanesberg National Park, February 2016
Golden Gate Hotel & Chalets, February 2016
Ntshondwe Chalet 34, Ithala Game Reserve, March 2016
Ntshondwe Chalet 15, Ithala Game Reserve, March 2016
Umlalazi Log Cabin, March 2016
Our camping setup at Bontle, Marakele National Park – April 2016
Bungalow 12 at Lower Sabie, May 2016
Olifants bungalow 23, May 2016
Satara Cottage 85, June 2016 (photo taken on a visit in 2012)
Mopani Cottage 43, July 2016
Haak-en-Steek Cottage, Mokala National Park, August 2016
Camping at Kgaswane, October 2016
Nyathi Camp unit #3, Addo Elephant Park, October 2016
OuKlip’s luxury safari tents (in Dinokeng Game Reserve)
Glen Reenen, Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Unit 27, December 2016
Thendele Chalet 27, Royal Natal National Park, December 2016
Mpila Chalet 21, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, December 2016

Addo’s Diversity

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Addo Elephant National Park must be one of South Africa’s most diverse wild places, a fact really brought home as the plane flew over the Park on our way back to Johannesburg. What follows is just a selection of photos taken on a 24-hour working visit to Addo last week!

(I’ve shared pictures of Addo’s elephants and lions in seperate posts)

Addo scenery
Pied Crow
Addo scenery
Addo scenery
Bokmakierie
Jackal Buzzard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Kudu cow
Warthog mudbath
Plains zebra
Cattle egret
Black-backed jackal
South African Shelduck pair
Black-headed Oriole
Addo scenery
Lichens
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rodent in its thorny fortress
Cape Crow
Red Hartebeest and Zebra sharing grazing
Red Hartebeest
Leopard Tortoise
Leopard Tortoises
Old buffalo bull
Sharing the waterhole
Sharing the waterhole
Red Hartebeest
Black-headed Heron
Addo Elephant National Park scenery
Addo from the air

 

Addo Elephant National Park, managed by South African National Parks, is located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, within easy reach of the city of Port Elizabeth’s modern airport along the recently upgraded N2 highway.

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