Friday 6 October 2023

When we planned a road trip to visit a relative in George and our kids in Plettenberg Bay we decided to include Addo Elephant Park too. But recently the Western Cape was hit by a devastating storm which also affected other parts of the country. This delayed our departure by a few days and we hoped that going a week later than planned would ensure better weather. But this proved not to be the case!

We left Plettenberg Bay at 9:20 this morning hoping to make it to Jeffrey’s Bay by 10:30. We would have but for the fact that there was an accident that blocked our usual route so we had to turn around and take another so we only arrived to visit our friends Jim and Maureen at 10:45. What a lovely catch-up we had. Maureen cooked us a delicious brunch and eventually, we had to tear ourselves away and brave the wet roads to Colchester.

We arrived at Sundowner Guest Cottages at 2:30, settled in, and then an hour later, took a drive into the park.

At first, the rain was light but as the day wore on the clouds could no longer hold it in and it poured. Of course, this made the roads muddy and slippery and visibility was not that great! However, we still managed to spot a few wet animals and birds. The misty and wet conditions made photography a tad challenging but it was fun trying and the creatures were mostly quite obliging and posed nicely.