Video shown at the Hippo-Dome
Cool night with a fire at Hippo-Dome
Early morning game drive
We found the elephants
A group of 10 elephants
Picture from Ravineside
Nice Buck
Sunday, June 21st
Up today - stress-free - with some sore legs. But all in all, feeling really good. After breakfast, we headed out for a morning safari. Great!! Our safari lasted from 9am to 2pm. We again saw rhinos - up close and in person. The guide even hit my knee once as an enormous male rhino nearly hit my leg with its horn. We saw 2 cheetahs, a group of 10 elephants, and a variety of other wild game. The drive this morning was in the lower escarpment. We got to drive "the hill" we ran yesterday and appreciate the accomplishment once again.
After the safari, we had lunch. Our afternoon bush walk was moved to Monday - so we had a couple hours free. We then got picked up at 6pm to go the Hippo-Dome. It's a big outdoor tent where Albatross put on a celebration for all 267 runners participating in the Big 5 Marathon event. This included runners from all the lodges at Entabeni, as well as locations external to the game reserve. There was approximately 150 marathoners and 117 half marathoners.
The Hippo-Dome party was really great! Music, dancing (some traditional African singing/dancing), and a lot of food/drink. The night progressed with more celebration. By this time of the trip, we knew our fellow Ravineside marathoners pretty well. This is my favorite part of group tours - the interesting people you meet along the way.
The night ended on our deck at Ravineside - listening to music. One of the park rangers brought us a few beers as our lodge bar had closed. Very, very good day from a wild game reserve in northern South Africa
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