caravansa.co.za | 25t r Av E lJuly 2019
oppositEpAGEIt'sjustoverhalfanhour'sdrivefromPortelizabethtothesouthernentranceofaddo
elephantNationalPark.ABovEtherestCampintheparkhas 21 caravansites,allwithneatgraveltoparkon,
a power point, and braai.BEloWthere are various good restaurant to enjoy in and aroundaddo.
Adjoining the shop is the large Cattle
Baron restaurant. The well-known
franchise keeps up its good name at the
park. It’s especially well known for the
meat dishes from its grill. I had a superb
hamburger on my first night in camp.
It was still freezing cold and dark on
that first morning at Addo. But after
coffee and rusks I drove to the game
reserve entrance gate. With the Isuzu’s
cabin heater on full blast I was as warm
as toast as I headed to the nearby
Domkrag Dam.
Sadly, old Domkrag has passed on to
tortoise heaven many moons ago. But
literally 500 metres from the entrance
gate I made out the silhouette of a large
bull elephant in the thick bush next to
the road.
As the landscape began to light up
in the early morning sun, three other
elephants joined him.
Leaving the dam I headed out on to
the Nzipondo loop. With not another
vehicle in sight, I stopped to watch
a grey heron as it stood motionless
in the shadow of a large Spekboom.
With a sudden grey flash he speared
something in the grass. I managed to
get a picture, but I had to enlarge the
image substantially to see what was for
lunch... the prey looked like either a rat
or a mole.
Later that morning I moved down to
Hapoor Dam, named after that famous
bull elephant. There was a huge herd of
elephants down at the water.
There are said to be some 600