For the uninitiated, a safari is a bit like an extended version of "Where's Wally", except substantially more expensive, and not a picture book ...
... Kruger Park is very close to Maputo. You'd be able to get there in less than 100 minutes if it weren't for having to cross the border ... the border crossing (you need to exit Mozambique, then enter South Africa) is appalling organised, and despite the short queues it still took us almost an hour to get through. Yuk.
We get there about 9am, and within 5 minutes of entering we had already seen a bunch of gazelle prancing around ...
... and a family of warthogs and bison crossing the road:
WOW. I thought. This is going to be non-stop animal kingdom fun!
We then spent the next 3 hours, driving around, seeing NOTHING. Nothing! Three hours of squinting out the window, looking at bush. However, I must say, staring out the window into the scenery in the middle of nowhere for three hours is excellent reflection time ...
Over lunch, I consoled myself with a chicken and cheese burger and buying snacks for the afternoon (prices are so expensive in Maputo that it was actually cheaper for me to buy chips and snacks in the middle of Kruger Park than the supermarket next to my place!) and prepared for more reflection time.
However, the afternoon was full of activity. We first saw a family of elephants ...
... Then a whole heap of giraffes ...
... Then giraffes, and zebras (And heaps more gazelle) altogether!
It was a great trip!
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