Addo Elephant Park – Last Day

I am not lying when I tell you that I saw a lion today but he was far away and lying flat in the long grass – so I’m not even going to bore you with a bad photograph!

There are more interesting things to write about but this will be a short post.  I took dozens of photographs;  too many to post and difficult to know which ones to choose.   So I am going to be brief and hope you enjoy the photo story instead.

In a small park like Addo it’s easy to get around the whole game area in a day.    It’s always wise to try to stick to early morning and late afternoon but as a day visitor this is not so easy.   We might have had a chance to see lions had we stayed on till the end of the day but that would be exhausting.

The main stars of Addo are definitely the elephants. Zebra can be mighty entertaining too and even though the warthogs are everywhere, I just love them and can watch their antics for hours.

This poaching monitor and his anti poaching dog kindly posed for a photo at the entrance. Dogs like this one are invaluable in keeping poaching to a minimum

A Pale-chanting Goshawk was more obliging than the lions we saw nearby

Such an attractive antelope is the male kudu

So easy to ignore these guys after a while – but they’re really cute

Hapoor Waterhole hosted a huge herd of ellies this morning

They just kept coming

Group Bath-time!

Breathing with a built in snorkel!

Fun fun fun

Here we go again

Elephants just wanna have fun

We came across three zebras having a group hug!

At Marion Baree Waterhole another group of ellies were kicking up mud

Glorious Mud

Water and mud play is good for kids, Mom

This little one certainly enjoyed it

Mommy Pig and Baby Porkie looked on enviously waiting for their turn.

It was our last day visiting Addo today but we will be back another time.  It’s such a fab place to visit.