Returning from a South African Rainbow tour I was asked what the game viewing was like in the various game reserves that we visited. After seeing the big 5 twice in 2 days in the Kruger national Park I thought that it could not get any better. I was wrong.
After a really slow day of game viewing in Mkuze we decided to go and sit in one of the hides to see if our luck would change and that it did. After 15min a large white rhino bull came down to the water for an afternoon spa treatment. On his back with his horn in the mud he gave us a wallowing shoe like I’ve never seen before. Covered in mud he decided it was time to move on.
Not even 10 min later we had 2 rhino bulls, a cow and a 3month old calf join us for a drink. Whilst watching them we saw movement in the bush not far behind them, another 2 cows both with calves in tow joined the party.
White rhino are the more sociable of the 2 rhino species we get in Africa, but it is very seldom you see 3 cows all with calves under the age of 4 months at the same time having an afternoon drink.
What an experience we had, which none of us could stop talking about until the end of the tour.
Dirk
