Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Lion Park - Part 1
About 20 minutes north of my flat in Sunninghill is an animal reserve. It is a park featuring animals one would normally see in a much larger open animal reserve, but much smaller and in enclosures. Not the ideal way to see the animals but a great way to see them fairly up close and personal. Jac and I grabbed Sahara and went up to the park in mid October and had a fabulous day!
The first thing you really see is a little heard of impala some kind of bok. I have a new camera since I went to Kruger so I can get great closeups.
Then we saw something very surprising. Ostrich farms are quite common in South Africa, and in fact, Oostshoorn, out in the Karoo, was at one time one of the leading producers of Ostrich related goods in the world (meat, feathers, leather etc). As we got going, a large ostrich began crossing the road, stopped in the middle and sat down.
On the other side of the road, there was another large ostrich with a bunch of small little baby birds. Too cute!
The first thing you really see is a little heard of impala some kind of bok. I have a new camera since I went to Kruger so I can get great closeups.
Then we saw something very surprising. Ostrich farms are quite common in South Africa, and in fact, Oostshoorn, out in the Karoo, was at one time one of the leading producers of Ostrich related goods in the world (meat, feathers, leather etc). As we got going, a large ostrich began crossing the road, stopped in the middle and sat down.
On the other side of the road, there was another large ostrich with a bunch of small little baby birds. Too cute!
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