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We spent two nights at the Drifters Bushveld Camp and one night at a camp inside the Kruger Park. During the days we went on various exciting game drives and game walks, seeing lots of different African wildlife. After leaving the Kruger Park, we drove to the small town of Hazyview and stayed at Drifters Hazyview Inn.

South African Adventure 1999: Part 2: Drifters Bushveld Camp and the Kruger Park

Jan Arild Teland
2006-05-08 19:42:52

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Day 4 - June 30

We were woken up at 0600 by a guy outside our tent, shouting "Happy Campers! Rise and shine! Happy Campers!" It turned out to be our field guide, Kurt. I had slept quite well that night even though the tent wasn't the most comfortable accommodation I've stayed in.

After the morning routine, and eating a light breakfast, we were ready to go on our first gamewalk. The sun was just about to come up so it was still quite cold, though. The tracker Edward was leading us as we walked from our camp and straight into the wilderness. Everyone had to be very quiet to avoid scaring away the animals.

It wasn't very long before we spotted our first zebras. Unfortunately, we didn't get a good look at them this time because they quickly ran away when they became aware of us. However, this would not be our last chance of seeing zebras, as we would soon discover that they were really common in this part of Africa. They are really marvellous animals in our opinion.

As we were walking, Edward would occasionally stop to show us special trees, plants and various other things, and tell us about them. This was very interesting to listen to as it was clear that he possessed a huge amount of knowledge about nature and wildlife.

In total we walked for around three hours, but unfortunately we didn't see too many animals on this walk. The lack of animals didn't spoil the excitement of walking around in the wild African bush, though.

Apart from the zebras we saw various antilopes, but the highlight came as we were almost back at the camp. Edward had just stopped and asked us in which direction we thought our camp was. Nobody had any idea, so there were guesses for almost all possible directions, while in reality we were just a few hundred meters away. However, in the bush, the scenery looks more or less the same in any direction, so it was quite easy to lose one's ...