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wow a Blackie, and for once with not too much wounds O/\ O/\ O/\
^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Always great to see a black rhino and you got some great pics too ^Q^ ^Q^ \O


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:-0 :-0 :-0

Is all I can say... still waiting for my first one 0()


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Morning game drives start at 5:30 so we were up earlier for some coffee before departing IO IO

The guides seemed very keen to find elephant for us, but there is only one herd of about 26 individuals in Kuzuko, so finding them isn't exactly easy O**

Our first sighting of the morning was a scrub hare, but Ronald's positioning of the vehicle didn't really help for photos 0*\

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We then came across some good looking kudu in the early morning light O:V

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General game seemed to be fairly sparse, but as we drove up to a lookout point I spotted a herd of eland moving through some thickets

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Another strange movement turned out to be a bird running along - I think it's a double-banded courser

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The elephants weren't showing up anywhere, but one of the guides was convinced he caught a glimpse of them in a dry riverbed, so we ended up driving along the riverbed for quite a while. His 'elephant sighting' must have been something else entirely, but we did get to see some black wildebeest and monkeys playing around

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For someone who knows Addo inside out, elephants are not exactly on the the first place on the wish list =O:

Great to know that there are still elands around here and there \O

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Very different, as you say Peej! :yes:

nan makes a very good point about the blackie not having the traditional fly infestation under the armpits...this warrants some investigation, maybe it's an Addo thing? :shock: :shock: :shock:

Scrub hare also always a healthy sign! \O


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there is Black Wildebeest in Addo 0*\
missed them :evil:

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Great black rhino sighting!! \O \O


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Awesome sighting of the black rhino, PJL,

and even black wildebeest \O :-0


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nan wrote:there is Black Wildebeest in Addo 0*\
missed them :evil:

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
This is in the Kuzuko section nan - there aren't any in the main game area of Addo. The landscape in Kuzuko is much more like MZNP hence some different species


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