Addo the elephant

So after leaving the coast, we headed north into an area called Addo, for our final stretch of the garden route journey. Addo is a game reserve that is focused on elephants, but has since diversified with other wild animals. There is now a whole range of safari animals that just wander the same patch - luckily no big cats, but still impressive to see close up.

However, unlike other game drives i have been on, where there is usually a trained guide, radios to call for backup and the obligatory guns, this one....you drive yourself. What's the worst that could happen?!

Well apart from a slightly nervous kipper, we made it out alive and saw elephants and a whole host of other wildlife. A lot of elephants, eating, bathing and pooing. Lots of poo!

After this we headed back to our accommodation for the next few nights. A lovely chalet situated on a orange farm (the region is a large citrus growing area). We had a short walk to overflowing orange groves, where we could pick as many as we could eat, drink or carry. 

We decided to opt for the nice chalet for the first night and then the next night we had to stay in an "Eco" hut. By eco, i actually mean mud hut - yep that's right, to really get that authentic feel, we stayed in a dung mound. To be honest, it was good fun and surprisingly warm. A nice way to end our stay along the garden route, before heading to fly to Joburg the next morning.