Our first sunset at Mapeane, getting ready to do some night viewing over the river
Our modest campsite, tarp was needed for the first night cuz it rained... boo
A songololo, centipede type insect that you find in black and bright red in these areas
On a nature walk through the forest, you can't see me i'm camouflaged! By the way, most pics are of me of course since Ant was taking all the photos...saw some Hornbills and other interesting birds, otherwise the path was one that's obviously less taken, very overgrown!
Our first day at Mapelane consisted of a long walk down the beach, some snorkeling and swimming in the warm ocean. The currents can get a bit hectic as the tide comes in so the afternoon was a lazy one in the sun
Our second night and at the viewpoint again, always hoping for crocs or hippos, and we did see ONE hippo but mostly underwater and saw his ears a bit...ah well, keep looking! Also saw a Fish Eagle, but more on that in another location...(gotta love time delay for cameras!)
A close up view of the river mouth when tide is high and the ocean is running into the river... if you look REALLY closely there's a branch in the river on the left side and on the right side of the branch is a Fish Eagle perched and watching the water. Ok we did have binoculars...
Some more night viewing, hoping for owls or hippo...unfortunately we saw none =(
We did however see Thick Tailed Bush Babies (Lemurs) and wow are they cute! They have lots of names actually but either way they are the larger version of the bush babies you see on regular Discovery programs from TV. In my opinion they don't actually sound like babies crying when they make noise, but i can see where the similarities lie
Me on the Beach (and Ant's foot haha) on day two, again mostly spent swimming and snorkeling and on my behalf collecting tons of shells!
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