Sainte Lucie - Imfolozi

After our adventure with the Zulus, we need some rest. We decide to spend a couple of days in Ste Lucie, notably to visit the natural park full of wild animals near Hluhluwe: Imfolozi. We set off as early as we manage to get up and drive in our Nissan Bakkie to the entrance of the park. It is always a surprise when going on a safari, you never know if you will see any animals at all… that’s the game! We are very optimistic as always, and after driving an hour or two (mostly in huge holes in the road or into trees on the side of the road) we start seeing them: a giraffe eating off a tree, impalas as far as the eye can see, zebras, wildebeests…  Some vultures circle over our heads. We don’t see the cadaver, but we know it must be somewhere close. To me the highlight is the white rhino. We see several of them, and not too far from the car. An elephant feels threatened by our car and waves his ears while she stamps her feet. We stay calm in the car and she leaves with her baby in the opposite direction. Phew!  

 photos safari

Sainte Lucie estuary is definitely worth a visit, especially when we discover that you can potentially meet hippos, sharks and crocodiles there… We unfortunately only see the latter. Fishermen on the beach tell us that they sometimes get a shark on their fishing line, but that they throw it out in the sea. Fishing shark is prohibited in South Africa. On our way back, we meet some friendly monkeys. Bye bye Sainte Lucie, we need to deliver the car in Durban tomorrow.

photos Sainte Lucie