we dedicate this day to a guided tour of the Hluhluwe and Imfolozi parks. wake up at 4:20, at 05:00 we are picked up to take .. In fact a modified pick up above the rear body is mounted a tubular structure with plastic wall and a waterproof tent, panic because it’s not hot at all …
Let’s start, harnessed with thermal jacket and fleece blankets to make the 60 kilometers that separate us from the parks in the most absolute darkness, protected by a plastic sheet …
We enter the park and begin the tour from the Hluhluwe but we leave it after a few kilometers to dedicate more attention to the Imfolozi.
We run along paved roads without glimpses of anything interesting (only some impala) we stop for breakfast in a pic-nic area with tables and WC hut.
We restart with the tour, we wander for a long time before seeing some Nkudu and warthogs that revolve around us, we also meet the giraffes and the buffaloes, then we arrive close to elephants that are eating and moving along pathsthat they known very well. They are truly spectacular animals. A stop at a hiding site near a large pool of water where in a few minutes they take turns drinking birds, warthogs, Nkudu and Nyala. Stop for lunch in an area above the river Mfolozi, where surrounded by baboons our guide prepares a barbecue and we refresh ourselves with a nice cold drink. We continue to wander the streets of the park being able to observe other Elephants, warthogs and giraffes. We return to St. Lucia in the afternoon and decide to take a walk to the center and to a local market where we buy local handicrafts.
