South Africa Adventure: iSamagaliso Wetland Park

On Wednesday, the 9th, Jon picked us up again along with 4 tourists from France to go into iSimangaliso Wetland Park to drive as far as Cape Vidal. At first it was very quiet as it was just after dawn and Jon hoped to see some leopards. Evidently the leopards didn't want to be found,but we had an enjoyable drive to a rest stop where we had hot chocolate and rusks overlooking Lake St Lucia, We saw the most beautiful kudu with long, long horns. They too were healthy looking. We saw other animals during the day. We also stooped twice to over look the Indian Ocean, once at Mission Rocks. We drove to cape Vidal where we spent some time sitting on the beach as it was too cool and windy to be tempted to go in the water although we saw a few people who did. We had a delicious braii of club steak and sausages with potato salad. After lunch we drove back through a swamp forest and red dunes. We saw hippos and some lovely antelope. As we were heading back to St Lucia we saw a rhino family. It was another good day. We slept so well while in St Lucia that we wish we could return frequently just for the rest.