The highlight of the trip

11 Wednesday Oct 2017

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The absolute highlight of the trip was seeing two rhinos.

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Yes, two real live rhinos. Our driver walkie talkied some of the other employees of the ranch to see if we could find the rhinos. After driving around for about 1/2 hour, we found them.

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This was an awe inspiring experience.

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We did get a little nervous when the one got up and faced our vehicle. But all was well. No charging took place.

No sooner did this large beauty stand up, then he/she laid back down again. That’s what happens when they realize we didn’t have food for them.

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To give you a sense of how close we were, look at the picture above. We couldn’t have been more than 10 meters or 30 feet away. Extremely close.

Until next time rhinos. I only hope there is a next time.

…Where the deer and the antelope play

10 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Yesterday I told you about having “Home on the range in my head.”

Now you know why.

These beauties were pretty neat to see.

But it was incredible to see them along with their “home” all at the same time. Breathtaking.

Home on the range

09 Monday Oct 2017

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When we continued our drive through Okapuka ranch, I couldn’t help but sing “home on the range” even though it has nothing to do with the African plains.

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Regardless, it was beautiful.

Zebra!

29 Friday Sep 2017

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As we kept driving through Okapuka ranch, we came across a herd of Zebra!

There was no way we were going to get close to this herd though. So we watched from a distance. We knew we have only a short time before our presence would cause them to move on.

Sure enough, after a brief minute or so, the herd decided that the new company of onlookers weren’t to their liking. So they started to move on.

And off they went.

Deer!

28 Thursday Sep 2017

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We kept going through Okapuka ranch and came across some other wonderful creatures.

It’s easy to miss some of these critters, unless you know what you are looking for. And when you are in a jeep driving on dirt paths and grassy areas, it’s really easy to miss many animals. Which is why it was so great to have a guide who could point out animals that we would have easily missed because we don’t know what to look for.

Take the image above. Image driving around, with all the bumps in the group. I’m willing to bet you, like me, would have missed the deer behind the tree.

However, once we knew what we were looking for, and the driver took us around to get a better view, we were rewarded kindly.

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Simply beautiful!