RI7ER JOURNAL POSTS

On the 29th of December we camped at the Vanderkloof Dam Campsite, so far the most expensive site we’d been too and also a slightly run down place. But we had great view to the dam water where some people cruised around in motor boats and some were paddling flat water kayaks. Todays drive for us was to the !Gariep Dam. On the way there is the Rolfontein Nature Reserve where you can drive a 2 hour circuit at max 40 km/h.

At the gate we were given a map of the area. It took a while before realising that the map was a mirror printed image..haha.. had a good laugh at that one.

Soon after entering the reserve we saw 3 white rhinos 100 meters away. Big, prehistoric looking animals! As we drove further black wildebeest, zebras, springbok and kudu were standing, eating or slowly moving in the open fields. Not many people around, saw two cars only. The one car we met had a kayak and sit-on-tops on the roof. And what are the chances, it was an old friend of Rob’s with his family.

While driving slowly through the last part of the route something amazing happened. A group of approximately 20 blue coloured swallows followed the car. They flew low and close around us, under the car, in circles and in front of us for a long time.  

By Ine Skjørten