2-12 thru 2-14
BELLEVUE 2/12/24 through 2/14/24
2-12-24 Today’s high at Bellevue—: 105.8
Again, with windows wide open, the breeze flowed like a tropical paradise.
The evening in the Flat was fun. I slept from 7 PM to 8:15 AM, Still jet-lagged, but hopefully tonight I’ll feel better. I’m good during the day, but I start to feel it during dinner. Today is a new day.
It was a crazy 3.25-hour drive. About 30 km was on a rocky dirt road, where we wondered if we were going the right way. It was, but it was dodgy. Along the way, we found a stand of giraffes. It was an amazing sight!
Elephants in Bellevue Park. Photo taken with iPhone 15.
We finally arrived at our tent at Bellevue Lodge at 14:18. We are roughing it in a tent, like the old Colonial days. So charming. We returned from dinner when it was dark and had to figure out the fans and lighting. It took a while, but we got it.
Dinner was ready when we returned. We met a couple from Hamburg, Germany, and their 2.5 YO son. Tomorrow night, David and I will split our main course and dessert. Too much food, but it was delicious!
They had us going straight away, with Bradley giving us a safari tour. We say animals, kudos, zebra, springbok, blesbok, warthogs, baboon, antelope, But just as we left, we saw a herd of elephants up close and personal. It was amazing.
The night sky was so different from anything I ever expected. The Milky Way was very clear; the moon was only a sliver.
I woke in the middle of the night, like I do. I looked straight ahead to see stars in the night sky. It was like watching TV!
2/13/24 Bellevue Lodge
Today’s high 90, but with the humidity so low, it is not hot at all!
7:30 Meet Alex again for the giraffe walk in the Bellevue game park. It was incredible! We got so close we could touch them, but we knew better. Afterwards, we returned for breakfast of fresh eggs, over easy, fruit, and coffee. Met another nice couple from Germany, traveling with her mother.
2-13—2024 Addo Elephant Park. Elephant Walk
10:00 Elephant walk at Addo game park. So many elephants. Addo has about 650 elephants in the park; these parks are huge! The Bellevue Lodge had lunch waiting for us. I did a little shopping, found a scarf ($10.00), stickers ($1.00), and earrings ($2.00).
Lots of zebra too!