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Travel Blogs from Madikwe Game Reserve
Two of the Big Five
This afternoon Paul had to pick-up a staff member from the furthest gate, so naturally as I had finished working I went along for a drive. A few other staff also came with us for the drive- great to see them interested in the animals and the bush.
At first we didn't see much until we came across four elephants, two on the road and the other two by the road. The two on the road were slowly walking towards us and swaying their trunks. With ...
Releasing the Cobra
This afternoon Paul caught a Mozambique Spitting Cobra at the lodge. We do the right thing and relocate snakes that are found in the lodge grounds. We drove for about 15 minutes and Paul carefully kicked open the coolerbox so that it could get out and hopefully not come back to the lodge!
We then took the long way back to the lodge. Didn't see much except when we turned down a track on the side and there ...
Bird at the Hide
This afternoon after work I went to sit in the hide- a great place for some peace and quiet. There was not much happening at all, just a few birds here and there. The only interesting thing I saw was a very pretty blue Woodland Kingfisher. This bird looks even prettier when it is flying and then more of the bright blue is visible. ...
The Africa Bush
... thing to fully wake up to. We drive slowly with anticipation for what will pop up around the next bend.
So far we have seen so many beautiful animals and too many birds to count. Choosing a favorite is impossible but it is awesome to see and feel the different energies of the animals as we approach. The giraffes don't care much for us... continuing on their way or eating while we observe, the impala are very skiddish and ...
Trythings and Talkmore
... Thanks to Ben we have seen everything possible including a giraffe and zebra killing. Sad, but that is the wild. I told him all about Ruby. He can't believe you can get pet insurance. Each drive we were accompanied by Solomon and Rema from Israel and Maurice and Vanessa from Pretoria. Maurice and Vanessa were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary while Solomon and Rema seem to spend a disproportionate amount of their life traveling the world. Solomon took quite ...
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