

We spent a few nights in Addo before Christmas and I had only planned on adding a few pics to the regular Addo Outings thread, but the park delivered once again so I figured I couldn't not do a short TT


This trip was our family plus my parents who were over in SA visiting. They had a nice chalet with a view whilst we camped as usual. We didn't make an early start, so by the time we hit the park it was already in the high 30s, and as we travelled through the park our car registered as high as 47 degrees... pitching a tent was going to be a hot affair

Our first sightings of game only came in the open areas around Peasland. This ostrich was literally panting due to the heat
Lion had supposedly been seen near the Gorah Camp entrance but we couldn't find any sign of them. At Hapoor it felt like the entire park population of elephants had arrived!!


Amazingly despite the heat and mass of elephants there were a bunch of park workers out on foot at the back of the waterhole putting up an electric fence. I found out later from one of the rangers that it was to prevent the elephants from breaking the back of the dam and emptying the waterhole... they simply can't afford that to happen during this continued drought period.
We continued up to camp and I braved the heat to pitch our trailer tent whilst the others ducked off to the pool. They weren't the only ones seeking refreshment at the waterhole either


TBC