There is a large variety of game species at Addo Elephant Back Safaris and over the past 7 years they have settled in nicely and become very accustomed to people on foot, Elephant back and vehicles.
That is all except for the waterbuck who have taken a liking to the southern mountain and spend the majority of their time there, only sneaking down late at night or very early in the morning to feed around the lodge.
These odd hours make them by far the most elusive animals to see on the property. While on an afternoon drive with Jim and Joanna we decided to venture up the mountain and see what we could find. As we reached the top we spotted some eland in the distance and decided to get out the vehicle and walk to the end of the cliff to get a better look at the eland.
As we approached the end we noticed 3 waterbuck below us. For about a minute they where totally unaware of us till their sixth sense told them they where being watched, that’s when Jim got this picture.
A few seconds later they disappeared in to the dense bush below and we started back to the vehicle feeling very proud of ourselves and thanks to Jim we had proof for any non believers back at camp.
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