Last day at Inkwenkwezi

This morning we left a little later and met again the rhino of the previous day. This time Greg walked his way through the bushes and told us to do the same. So here we were, stalking a rhino! We saw it and he kinda looked in our direction so Greg said it would be better if we backed down slowly.
To sit in a big Land Rover and look at animals is very different from walking in the bush trying to stalk them! Basically you hope that all goes well because there is not much you could do to save yourself! 

After that we went on a long game drive back to the reception area.  We then got to interact with the 3 “tame” cheetahs. They are 2 males and 1 female, all siblings, who have been hand-reared after their mother had died. I love cheetahs, there are my favourite wild cats. I was standing right next to the female who lied there taking a nap. I did not want to touch it because I am already allergic to cats; so wild cats??? Anyway it was still great. They are such pretty animals and were completely relaxed and did not mind being petted. They even purred!! Not exactly like a cat, since it was a deeper sound but it was clear that they were feeling good. Right after that we had our lunch and then first went on a short game drive. 

We saw a big tortoise and we stopped there to look at it. I was impressed how fast it was actually moving. 

Then we finally found the mother rhino with its young ones. 

Finally we went on the walk with the elephants. The guides there repeated some of the stuff they had said at the other “elephant interaction” but since we were only 3 people we got to spend more time with the ellies. The young male we were walking behind is 13 and a real cutie!

Carole loves feeding pellets to elephants

Handsome ellie

As we were following our elephant the rhino mother, its baby and older child, just happened to be close to where we walked. Some of the guides were saying it is ok to walk past them while others feared that the ellies might have a go at her! For a few minutes I wondered whether we would become witnesses of a ferocious elephant attack on a rhino but the rhino mother was smart enough to leave with her children. So we could all relax! On the way back to the tents we saw a few warthogs hiding in the bush! These are very funny looking animals! But somehow I like them!!!

On my final night at the camp, I had a really nice dinner with the German couple and we chatted with the guides after as well and had a really good laugh. It really felt like family! Thanks, Michaela, Dirk, Branden and Greg!