Morning, afternoon & night game drives in Addo

What’s a safari without a game drive? Even though you can drive yourself in Addo with tarred roads near the main rest camp and well maintained dirt roads throughout the rest of the park, there is something about going on a guided game drive. There’s the belief that the guide knows where the animals are and will be better at spotting them, the benefit of an elevated viewing position above the height of the shrubs  and of course not having to focus on driving so that you can have both hands on your camera and be ready to get ‘that shot’.

But the best part of the game drives we did was the knowledge of the national parks guides. Even though I have grown up in Africa, and spent a fair amount of time in the bush, I learnt so much about the characteristics and behaviour of the various animals we saw as well as the history and management of the park. Different animals are active at different times of the day and so to cover all our bases we went on a variety of game drives during our five-day stay. The sunrise game drive meant a very early and continue reading + 10 photos

June 22, 2013 | Categories: Photography, Travel | Tags: activities, Addo Elephant National Park, animals, buffalo bull, elephant, experience, game drive, nature, outdoors, photography, photos, pictures, scrub hare, South Africa, spotted eagle owl, spotted hyena, warthog, wild, wildlife, zebra | 6 Comments