After having worked for a week... day and night in Joburg, it was more than required to have a break in real African wildlife. I also wanted my new Nikon D80 to start its score from wild environment and compare my earlier Canon stuff with Nikon. So, we decided to go to Mobula for Game Drive... a must try in South Africa.
We chose to go to Mobula..almost 200 KMs from Johannesburg, owned by UB group. Mobula Game Drives are spread in about 1200 Hectares. They have got all Big 5 there- the lion, the African elephant, the Cape Buffalo, the leopard and the rhinoceros. They are called big 5 not because of their size, but because it is difficult to tame or hunt them.
We got to see four out of Big 5 in our two game drives..the leopard could not be traced, because they move very fast and their whereabouts cannot be traced by footmarks, as in the case of lions and elephants.
I also got to capture some of the lovely birds chirping all through the Game Drive.
Our Game Lodge was also typical African experience of living...this experience got enriched with typical powerhouse dance performance by young South African Bafnas (boys...for this very reason South African Male football team is called Bafna Bafna) and Banyas (girls).
In South Africa a Safari is known as Game Drive...a trip into the wild to see animals in their own habitat.
We chose to go to Mobula..almost 200 KMs from Johannesburg, owned by UB group. Mobula Game Drives are spread in about 1200 Hectares. They have got all Big 5 there- the lion, the African elephant, the Cape Buffalo, the leopard and the rhinoceros. They are called big 5 not because of their size, but because it is difficult to tame or hunt them.
Mobula had almost freezing temperature in Game drive...when we were returning from the drive in the evening, our friends had real tough time in resisting to the cold winds. In the morning drive, we could see a white layer on the grass all over the Game Drive. But we braved the cold waves and apart from enjoying wild life, we also witnessed lovely sunset and sunrise in that wild Mobula Game Drive.
We got to see four out of Big 5 in our two game drives..the leopard could not be traced, because they move very fast and their whereabouts cannot be traced by footmarks, as in the case of lions and elephants.Apart from these big 5, we got to see the herds of zebras, hippopotamus, giraffes, antelopes and many more wild species.
I also got to capture some of the lovely birds chirping all through the Game Drive.
Our Game Lodge was also typical African experience of living...this experience got enriched with typical powerhouse dance performance by young South African Bafnas (boys...for this very reason South African Male football team is called Bafna Bafna) and Banyas (girls).It was no doubt a wonderful experience, but I wonder why could not we develop such infrastructure in our country, where we have better habitats of wild animals and have better climate and unique palate of culture too...
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