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The reason for Hans' breaking out on his own was to look for really wild Rhino which was reported to reside in the north country where it is more hilly and rocky. Unfortunately Hans did not see Rhino herds - they are becoming more difficult to spot outside the highly protected zones, which are elsewhere in Zimbabwe. |
| Sunrise and sunset are the best times to see the animals. We walked for three hours looking for Rhino, and other creatures, through the dry river beds. Plenty of wildlife but none of the harder to spot types of animals like rhino, lion or leopard. |  |
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Breakfast at Sinamatela, north Hwange camp, produced some unusual guests. We had the wild-life, like this bird, eating from or hands. The fellow pictured here is a recent American medical school graduate (friend not pictured) that had worked in Zimbabwe as an intern and was doing some safari before heading home. |
| The road back to Main Camp is new and the wildlife is still getting
used to it. We saw Zebras on the side of the road that were too afraid
to cross the big white stripe in the middle - honest. You can see nervous
herds on the side of the road under the trees while the herd leaders try
to urge them on by crossing the road - gingerly stepping over the stripe,
as if to say, "come on, it's OK, see." Apparently the scared ones wait
until dark. Then they all can cross the road successfully - because that
weird white fence disappears. In other words - they can't see the stripe!
No problem for the big boy elephants. No stinkin little white stripe is going to get in their way, nor fences, nor big jeeps, nor ....... |
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On Hans' return trip to Main Camp he stopped to take a photograph with one of the old iron horses that covered this country back over a 100 years ago. This was the most impressive locomotive he'd ever been able to climb around on, he said. |