A little while ago I did a full day game drive with the photo group of Rien wellman. We left very early because the photo group wanted to take picture of the sunrise in Welgevonden. We left the tented camp at 4 o’clock and of we went to the south gate of Welgevonden and my plan was to drive up low range pass, a beautiful viewing point with a view over the stunning southern plains of Welgevonden.

When we arrived at Lowrange pass it was only 10 minutes until sunrise. We had a beautiful beginning of the day and headed north where we encountered the western pride consisting of 9 lions. After that great sighting we stopped for coffee and breakfast and the temperature was rising fast so I decided to drive past one of the waterholes where I know the elephants and buffalo’s like to take a cooling down swim. And I was right, from a far distance we could hear the elephant trumpeting and when we arrived at Sterkstroom pan this is what we encountered… A breeding herd of 16 elephants playing in and around the waterhole and some of these giants totally disappearing under water from time to time…. Unbelievable.