Guided evening game drive

After struggling with the Wi-Fi at the camp during the day, while still making it work somehow, we went on a guided night game drive. After sunset tourists are no longer allowed to drive by themselves, so if we wanted to explore during darkness this was our only chance.

There were two other participants joining the drive, an elderly couple from Australia. Our guide was knowledgeable, but we didn't get to see all too much. In the dusk we spotted mostly pretty birds. After darkness had fallen, we went around from watering hole to watering hole, and at a spot called Rietfontain we saw the highlight of our game drive. A mother rhino with her calf.

The Australian guy fell asleep multiple times during the drive, and my eyes were really hurting from the strong winds that we were exposed to at the open back of the safari vehicle, and beyond some African wild cats we didn't get to see any other noteworthy animals until we got back to the camp.

Fun fact: The locals call it a game drive. Safari is merely a touristic term that locals cannot identify with. You go on a drive to see game (another word for wild animals). So it's a game drive. Simple 😉En savoir plus