A day out at eZemvelo

We're nearing Christmas day now, and there are still so many things to do. We're not taking leave this week, and there's still a lot to get done before we leave for Madagascar on Saturday afternoon.

Friday was a pretty good day. It was a public holiday here in SA (Day of Reconcilliation), and K and I decided to get out of town. We went through to a game reserve / farm called eZemvelo - getting up at 5am in the morning, we arrived at around 8am. We met my dad there (he had camped over the night before) and set off on a hike that took us through some spectacular countryside. Some of the game that we saw included Impala, Kudu, Warthogs, Blue Wildebeest, Springbok and Eland. Top picture is on top of the "lookout" rock, with some great views of the surrounding countryside and the Wilge river (pictured below).

We also took our mountain bikes with, and after lunch, took off for some more sight-seeing, in some fiercly hot weather. Needless to say, we didn't cover much distance. K managed about 7km's, and I think that I notched up about 12km before heading back to the camp, and then home again.