As the wet season is nearing its end and the grass is at its tallest,  finding animals can be quite difficult… but luckily we are doing big 5 game drives in what is possibly one of the best places to see the rare white rhino.

Standing +/-  1.8 meters tall and weighing in at 1500 to 2500 kg it is hard to miss this majestic animal. And we are lucky to see them because they were almost poached to extinction in the early 1900, and unfortunately their existence are being put in the scale again as poaching and a demand for the horn has started again… last year alone a couple of hundred was poached and if you think there is only a few thousand left that is a serious statistic. Not to mention the fact that the demand for rhino horn has increased this year…

Luckily due to the eco-tourism industry there are funds available to help protect this amazing animal.., so come on safari and know that you are helping to save this specie while you are on holiday.

We were busy tracking lions that walked along the road... it must have been difficult for them to find food because we followed their tracks for most of the morning almost 8 km. Eventually we lost the track, quite disappointing, but luckily only a hundred meters further I could see 4 White Rhinos grazing.  So in the hope to raise the spirits of the group, I said ...“Well there is some rhinos in front, we can go and have a look at them”. We just stopped at the rhinos; they were about 5 meters from the road.  I started talking about them and the guests were taking photos.  All of a sudden behind them one of the lions stood up… proving once again all you need on safari is...luck!