Gallery » EUROPE/AFRICA/ MIDDLE EAST » Round the World 2018 - South Africa » Addo Elephant National Park 2018 » 16 Sept - Exploring the Northwest
Again, we enjoyed great private game viewing in the Nyathi area. Our first encounter was two Buffalo (by the way, in the Zulu language Nyathi means "Buffalo"). Then, Ed managed to snap a lovely bird, the African Hoopoe. As we continued, we came upon a group of Baboons as well as another herd of Eland. Once inside Addo, we decided to explore the northwestern side of the park. It turned out to be an excellent decision as we found “Elephant Land" with so many, many Ellies and lots of different encounters. In addition to our Elephant encounters, we saw the “usual suspects” like Zebra, Kudu and Warthogs (everywhere there are Warthogs). At 5:00P we took a drive on the 6km road through Nyathi. Again, we saw the “usual suspects” but we also found two male Elephants. The most interesting thing that occurred with these guys was seeing one Elephant eat while perched on its hind knees; a very interesting posture indeed! We stayed with them until it was time to leave to be back in the locked Nyathi Camp by 6:00P.
