Flavour of the Month - May/June 2019: Grootvlei Dam (S50)

[Alf]

I have been there once and then realized my fuel was very low and had to drive back very slowly and just made it back to Mopani

[Klipspringer]

After a long drive you arrive and check carefully ... and there is


nothing

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and nobody.

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So you can relax and have

But not for long and a large herd of ellies come for a drink

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What do elephants do for fun?

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[Richprins]

Klippies!

[Flutterby]

Lovely!

[Lisbeth]

Great

[Klipspringer]

Another day in the dry season

Elephants in the water and zebra just hanging around doing nothing

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[Flutterby]

Lovely!!

[Alf]

The only time we have been there the dam was almost dry. But it was August i think

[Richprins]

My memorable visit was sitting here for most of the day with a couple of student buddies during winter, and I doubt if more than 2 other vehicles came past.

We had had great viewing on this trip to the north and were happy to sit still, having just seen a sable bull at Dipene on the way down!

The dam was rarely quiet, with the normal game plus ostrich and tsessebe coming and going and hanging around doing nothing, as you say. All of a sudden every animal began rushing TOWARD the water...

To be continued...

[Lisbeth]

The elephants seem to love the rather deep water