Cape Town-Aquila Safari

We took a whole day to finish this tour. This safari is the nearest to Cape Town. I think the drive there took 1-2 hours. It is a small park, with the Big 5 animals present. We used a jeep to drive around the park. Its kinda hard to go up the jeep cos the steps are so high....and it was frigging cold that day.





I'll give u a hint: these are not stones. They are actually rhino dung. These were not smelly at all, probably cos its just digested grass. Its about as big as a shot putt ball. I'm amazed the dung beetle can roll this thing for miles.








What i liked about the safari was that we did get extremely close to these animals, something i never imagined i could have experienced. They were pretty relaxed, although the guide did tell us to be careful around the rhinos as they have attacked the jeeps a few times before.
Other animals which were around were the springobok, cape buffalo (extremely huge and dangerous), lions, zebra, hippos and giraffe. The game reserve is still in the midst of expanding its animals, so i hope it would be more fun for the next visitors .


Isnt' the male lion above beautiful? i love lions, but if you asked me to choose between lions and tigers, i would say both are equal.

But i think my favourite picture of all would be this:








A really close encounter with a cheetah. I was very nervous going near it, even though it was domesticated since young, cos it kept making throaty noises . My only regret was that i didn't touch or stroke it because i was scared it would bite my hand :( If i have more cash in the future, i would like to go to Kruger national park, for a week or 2, and just stay in the wild and observe all the animals. the best time to go would be winter as there would be less bushes around and easier to spot the animals. but no way am i going to camp out in the park, i'll settle for a lodge room. I don't want to be bush meat for the lions and hyenas!!