Game Drive – Part 0

18 May 2015 – This should have been the first post of day but I posted about the elephants before I realized my mistake. Before we did the game drive in Pilanesberg National Park we stopped to look at the Black Rhino Lodge to see if we would like to stay there instead of going all the way to Kruger. We had to drive about 2 1/2 hours to get there. When we drove up to the Reseve gate we were met by Lucky who informed us that unless we had reservations we could not go in. Of course we did not have reservation but I convinced him to call the Lodge and see if we could come and visit them. It was made more complicated by the fact that I managed to leave our cell phone at home so I could not call them myself. But everything worked out fine as they told Lucky to let us in.

18may15 - drive - Lucky 18may15 - drive - impala first

As we drove to the lodge – it turns out there are many of them in the reserve – we saw our first animal – a nice size impala buck who greeted us and then wandered off into the bush.18may15 - drive - Black Rhino

Paul – the new manager who has only been there a week – showed us around the main lodge, the grounds, and the very nice rooms. We had packed enough to stay overnight if there was room but it turned out that they do not take walk ins so we will have to make reservations. I really liked it but Mary really wants to see Kruger so we will spend our anniversary there.

18may15 - drive - Warthog 18may15 - drive - hippoAfter we left the lodge we drove to the nearest gate into Pilanesberg Park and just inside we found this great looking warthog 3 feet from the road looking for something to eat. This was the first hippo we saw – it never moved a muscle. You can see the tiny ear and an eye just over the rocks.



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