
We were all happily chatting in the car, and I had totally forgotten that Valli was walking our direction, so had a bit of a fright when a giant face appeared in my car mirrors



Our car occupants went from noisy to silent in a split second as he walked out from the bushes at the back of our car. I couldn't understand how he wasn't actually touching the car he was soooo close

There was nothing we could do but sit tight and enjoy the moment, as we were blocked in by a car parked right in front of us. Valli then came around the side of our vehicle and stopped right next to us - he seemed to be staring at us! It's rare to be so incredibly close to a giant like this, and I managed to take a few nervous photos of the details on his tusks



Fairly soon he was moving along the road again. We stayed at the carcass for quite a while but there was no sign of any lions


Continuing along to Hapoor, Valli was still creating a road block but we managed to get past him at one point and get a nice view of him hurtling towards us



At Hapoor we had just missed a buffalo herd drinking as they were departing in a train-like manner


I had a feeling we might be able to catch them by going round Mpunzi loop, and the idea paid off with the herd coming towards us



Once the herd had moved off into the bushes some movement nearby caught my attention and it turned out to be meerkats




There are 2 colonies that I know about in Addo - one of which has its home somewhere near Hapoor, but it's one of those animals that you can go for ages and not see in the park so it was brilliant to see so many of them




The sentry was taking its duty very seriously indeed.... an Addo treekat

