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Well Done Bradley
Melissa G. in her blog, Study Abroad in the Rainbow Nation wrote the following about her recent trip to Addo:
On Sunday we all went to Addo Elephant National Park and Scotia Game Reserve to finally see wild (or as wild as we are going to manage to see) African animals. We had to get up early to catch a bus that would take us to the parks. Our tour guide, Bradley, was absolutely amazing. He knew information about everything we were passing: townships, dinosaur fossils, plants, elephants, everything. Hands down, the best tour guide I've ever had. Anyway, at Addo we stayed in the bus and drove around keeping our eyes out for animals. The dung beetles are absolutely huge and illegal to run over with your car in the park. We did see an elephant. It was an exciting time. Everyone rushed over to the right side of the bus, hung out the windows, and tried to get a decent shot of the animal (considering its head was in a bush I don't think anyone got a great shot.
More Elephants
www.MyAddo.co.za: Natalie from Leicestershire in the United Kingdom wrote; "The park is VAST, covering 164,000 hectares and houses the big 5. We only saw elephants out of the 5 today, but boy did we see a lot of them. Must have been at least 40."
Addo Elephant Park on Film
www.MyAddo.co.za: Photographer Fiona Ayerst recently did a photographic shoot with a production company from Dubai about the animals of the Addo Elephant Park. Fiona writes; "The gorgeous presenter Danyah was so easy to shoot."
Even Locals are Still Stunned by Addo
www.MyAddo.co.za: Lindy Greaves wrote recently about her families' trip to the Addo National Elephant Park (see extract below).
The animal viewing was stunning. We thought we'd struck it bad because we hit an unusual heat wave and had been told the animals would be hiding in the bushes. Well, maybe we could have seen other species, but we saw elephant aplenty. It was beautiful. The park is well set up with drives around water holes for good viewing and then also hidouts at various spots were you can get out in safety and take a closer look. We never saw lion or caracal, but we did see jackal. We also saw and heard a variety of birds: different barbets types, plovers, dikkops, weavers, red and yellow bishops, and larger birds of prey which I am not great at identifying. We also say Kudu, male and female, lots of warthog, some with cute little babies, and tortoise.
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