four star hotels so we decided to stay in St Lucia and drive to the park. Luckily we were able to use our Wild Card here even though it was run by the same group as iSimangaliso Park where we couldn't use it.
We had a great day driving around for about 7 hours.
We bumped into this guy not far from the roadside.
Our first sightings of giraffes and there were dozens of them.
This white backed vulture was preening itself in a tree up a 'no entry' road but we were able to sneak a short way in and watch it.iMfolosi was really dry. Most of the waterholes were dried up and one hide was closed for repairs but we enjoyed seeing an enormous bull elephant and various other animals coming to drink at the Ngotsha Loop hide. These covered lookouts seem to be built from donations from groups or sometimes individuals and are wonderful to see all sorts of goings on. Sadly a lot of people just can't keep quiet for very long and disturb some of the animals and you can see them getting really jittery.
Warthogs, like some of the other animals, like to wallow in the mud and then rub off the ticks and other parasites that bother them.
It seems surprising that the zebra has not been domesticated and used to carry water or other heavy loads that we see the women carrying.There were hardly any people in the park so we enjoyed being able to watch the animals with out the queues.
We headed back to St Lucia just before the park closed.
