· Animals everywherePort Elizabeth, South Africa · 24th Jun 2008 · Posted by Sanjay
Monday was an early start as we left East London at 6am. The drive to Port Elizabeth being just over 300km. On Jono’s advice we stopped just after Port Alfred at Beaver’s pies, which although not hot, they were very tasty.
Then not too far down the track we stopped at a little place at nanage farm. They must serve some big boers as they had the biggest sausage rolls I have ever seen (the sausage was bursting out of the pastry) and the biggest koeksisters which are still growing as I think about them! (Actually they were about 30cm long and very thick). Not exactly the recommended way to start your daily food intake, but very tasty.
We made our way through the centre of PE, which has some fantastic old buildings. Does anyone know how PE got it’s name?? Governor Donkin named it after his wife Elizabeth after she died.
We visited Donkin reserve, No. 7 Castle Hill (an old colonial house) and fort Frederick (an old fort where no shots were ever fired)
We had a quick trip to Telkom park (the home ground of Eastern Province) and then to the boardwalk casino, where sadly the putt putt wasn’t open.
Then we made our way to our accommodation, which for the record I chose! (Rheanna chose the dump in Durban). {Rheanna: That is just not true! We both chose the places together - don't believe a word Sanjay says!}
It is a small private game reserve, Kragga Kamma, and we are staying in a log cabin.
It has 2 of the big five in Buffalo and Rhino, and then Cheetah, Warthog, Impala, Springbok, Mountain reedbuck, Bontebok, Giraffe, Zebra, Nyala, Waterbok, Wildebeest, Duiker, Bushpig and a few more. They roam freely around the park and you can drive around as you wish. We have stayed in a smaller private reserve before where you can walk around, but because this has dangerous animals you are not allowed to here. Although this doesn’t stop my father in law from wandering around…
Did you know the Big five were so named because they were considered the most dangerous animals, and the Buffalo is considered the most dangerous!
This afternoon we did a 2 hour game drive with a ranger, where we could go off the roads and get right up close to the animals (literally right next to). It was good to see Buffalo and the Rhino up close. We also saw some different animals to what we normally see, Bontebok – the rarest of all the Bok with only 15000 left in the world, Springbok – Roaming freely and not beating the All Blacks or Wallabies for a change, Mountain Reedbuck and Cheetah.
For dinner we had a braai under the African sky. This means it is hard to see how the meat is doing because there is not a lot of light! But it got cooked to perfection by yours truly!
Then not too far down the track we stopped at a little place at nanage farm. They must serve some big boers as they had the biggest sausage rolls I have ever seen (the sausage was bursting out of the pastry) and the biggest koeksisters which are still growing as I think about them! (Actually they were about 30cm long and very thick). Not exactly the recommended way to start your daily food intake, but very tasty.
We made our way through the centre of PE, which has some fantastic old buildings. Does anyone know how PE got it’s name?? Governor Donkin named it after his wife Elizabeth after she died.
We visited Donkin reserve, No. 7 Castle Hill (an old colonial house) and fort Frederick (an old fort where no shots were ever fired)
We had a quick trip to Telkom park (the home ground of Eastern Province) and then to the boardwalk casino, where sadly the putt putt wasn’t open.
Then we made our way to our accommodation, which for the record I chose! (Rheanna chose the dump in Durban). {Rheanna: That is just not true! We both chose the places together - don't believe a word Sanjay says!}
It is a small private game reserve, Kragga Kamma, and we are staying in a log cabin.
It has 2 of the big five in Buffalo and Rhino, and then Cheetah, Warthog, Impala, Springbok, Mountain reedbuck, Bontebok, Giraffe, Zebra, Nyala, Waterbok, Wildebeest, Duiker, Bushpig and a few more. They roam freely around the park and you can drive around as you wish. We have stayed in a smaller private reserve before where you can walk around, but because this has dangerous animals you are not allowed to here. Although this doesn’t stop my father in law from wandering around…
Did you know the Big five were so named because they were considered the most dangerous animals, and the Buffalo is considered the most dangerous!
This afternoon we did a 2 hour game drive with a ranger, where we could go off the roads and get right up close to the animals (literally right next to). It was good to see Buffalo and the Rhino up close. We also saw some different animals to what we normally see, Bontebok – the rarest of all the Bok with only 15000 left in the world, Springbok – Roaming freely and not beating the All Blacks or Wallabies for a change, Mountain Reedbuck and Cheetah.
For dinner we had a braai under the African sky. This means it is hard to see how the meat is doing because there is not a lot of light! But it got cooked to perfection by yours truly!
