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<\/a><\/p>\nIn the two drives we have taken at this reserve we have only seen one other vehicle that might have been on a drive. I do not think it is a very popular place to go – at least not during the week. They have cabins, an educational centre (England you know) and a really nice picnic area – none of which were occupied.<\/p>\n
As we started our drive we got this wonderful view of valley below. It had been foggy on the way to the reserve but it was burning off an you can see the blue in the sky. It was perfect weather for the drive – warm but not really hot. We were greeted by a good size herd of impalas. Later talking to the warden at the gate he was surprised that we saw this many impalas together because the week before he had taken 4 drives and only saw an occasional impala. So it is with game drives \u00c2\u00a0– sometimes you see lots of animals an at others they seem to be all hiding.<\/p>\n We saw lots of gemsbok but this big fellow was all alone and gave us a good looking over as we drove by. Zebras are alway fun to find – we did not see any by themselves but these three were among a herd of\u00c2\u00a0Hartebeest. I do not remember seeing any hartebeest on our last drive.<\/p>\n We finally found the giraffes.There are 7 in the reserve and I think we saw 5 of them. Most at a distance at first but then we found the road drove right next to them so we got a good look and pictures.<\/p>\n While taking pictures of some distant wildebeests, I noticed this interesting looking tree sculpture.<\/p>\n A herd of gemsbok and a zebra among some wildebeests. I never got a good shot of the wildebeests.<\/p>\n The male\u00c2\u00a0South African Shelduck was swimming while the female was just enjoying the sunshine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are no elephants in the reserve but when we got home I went to the Tembe webcam and found this rather good size herd of them around the water hole. Notice the really young one in the lower right hand corner of the left hand picture. The herd contained all ages from large males to this little one\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u00a6if some the size of a small car can be called little.<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n