Game Drive and Hogsback

On Thursday we did a bit of work around the conservation and we chopped down reeds that were growing in one of the water holes. They are in a bit of a drought here so there isn't much water in the water holes so we need to chop down the reeds so the reeds don't use up all the water and so the animals can get to the water to drink. Our guide said if we chopped down all the reeds before 12:00 (we started at 8:30) we could go on a game drive. So of course we all went nuts and we finished the whole thing by 10:00. I was knee deep in mud, and a few of the other girls were neck deep, but it was all for the animals. So we finished our task so we got to go on a game drive and go see the lions they have on the conservation.


Zebra


Girrafe

LIONS!






It was amazing to see these animals as we drove around on the landy, but we do also find some of them in camp as well (Not the lions). There were 5 white lions and 4 brown ones, awesome animals!

On Friday morning my fellow new volley (what they call us volunteers around here), Sam, and I went over to Buccaneer backpackers to be picked up for our weekend in Hogsback. We got dropped off for 11, but in regular South African Style we didn't get picked up until 1:00. But not problems, we just got to chill out with the locals at Buccs. We got to our hostel, Away With The Fairies at Hogsback and prepared for our hike the next day.

The next day through our 5 hour hike with a trusty guide dog, Flo, (A dog from the hostel that decided to adopt us for the day and take us on our tour), we saw two water falls, The Madonna and Child and Swallow Tail Falls, the tallest tree in the Eastern Cape and loads of scenary that inspired the Hobbitt by JRR Tolkein. It was beautiful!


Me with the biggest tree in the eastern cape (800 years old!)


Madonna and Child Falls


Beautiful hike!