27 November – Lower Sabie

Once again the mercury dropped and we we back in jeans and fleeces all day today.  We took a drive to Crocodile Bridge Camp where we bought pies and coffee for breakfast as they do not have breakfast facilities.  These are the highlights of what we saw there and back,

When we got back to Lower Sabie we went to restaurant where there is a deck overlooking the Sabie River.   We took a walk along the boardwalk and this is what we saw.

 

In the afternoon we went for a drive along the S122

These are the highlights

 

We saw lions on two occasions but they were just lying around!

We had a bit of a scare with elephants a few times.  I think they have a sense of humour and tease the tourists.  Sometimes you come upon them all of a sudden and they raise their trunks and trumpet at you giving you an awful fright.  Today as we drove toward home we noticed a car ahead – a young couple we’d chatted to earlier – but now they were rapidly reversing toward us – because an elephant was coming down the road and they were afraid to upset him by driving past.  We decided to reverse too and then the other car came along side us.  The ellie was some distance away and both cars had a chance to turn around.  The Earl decided not to move away but said, If he comes too close I’ll be able to race off but I think he’ll move into the bush.  Of course he was right.   As soon as Ellie saw this can of tourists wasn’t getting out of his way he veered off into the bush.

To end our drive we stopped at Sunset Dam and watched a pair of hippos have a confrontation.

Another exciting day in Africa ended with a lovely braai.