22nd November 2018

22nd November 2018 3 days at Buffelsdrift
Peaceful grazers

We had breakfast and walked to the camp to start our day. First, we drove out into the large enclosure and parked our car. Then we continued with a different Ranger.

Then, with Marine, we made our way to one side of the fence. We walked along the fence, fixing holes, cutting plants, and singing songs all the way back to where our car was parked.

This took up most of the morning, so we were driven back for lunch, where Marine joined us.

In the afternoon, we first cleaned the elephant enclosure. For some reason, my broom broke in a very weird way. I don't know how that happened; I wasn't doing anything special with it, it just broke...

After that, we prepared food for the elephants again.

We loaded hay onto the car to feed the buffaloes, rhinos, and antelopes. While taking the hay bales apart with pitchforks, not only the hay but also my pitchfork started to bend. So now I had a bent pitchfork, which of course wasn't my fault either.

We also had some meat with us to feed the lions. The lions were too used to humans to be released, so they will stay in captivity. First, we went to the lions and then to the buffaloes. On the way, I managed to step on my pitchfork hard enough to straighten it out.

We came to the feeding area for the herbivores. There were a bunch of buffaloes and 1 rhino there. We arrived quite fast, and the buffaloes got scared, but the rhino stayed and got a bit of an attitude. We started to unload the hay, but halfway through, the rhino started to approach our car, so we had to drive away a bit. But then the rhino started to charge, so Marine made the wheels screech, and we sped away.

The rhino didn't give up and kept running after the car. Luckily, we were faster, and after some time, the rhino stopped. We wanted to drive back, but the rhino stayed where it was and stared at us. So we just unloaded the hay right there and drove off.

We got some more hay, but before that, we had to remove a female N'yala out of the hay stock. Then we went to a second feeding area where we didn't have any aggressive rhinos.

The day came to an end, and we went back to eat and shower.

We played some cards and went to bed for the day.