Agua Pesqueira - Orpen Gate We did do Kruger Park too!

Good Morning Moçambique! The last morning in this beautiful and friendly country. We woke up to the sound of birds and the engine of the neighbours car. They left at six in the morning.







Our cabin. Lovingly designed with the use of almost exclusively local materials. Nicely decorated, well eqiupped, best shower we had had in Moz so far. Only 1500 Mtn a night. It's a bit of a shame there is no wildlife to be mentioned in its vicinity (yet), but other than that the Limpopo has excellent overnight facilities.

The park has signs telling you where you are heading. Although they must have been designed well, mainenance is lacking to the extent where you can get lost. We did, for a short while.

Which left us at this seldom used bushtrack. Navigating on some local's advice which I could hardly understand since he did not speak Portuguese nor English and my understanding of the position of the sun, we reached the main road. Rejoice!

It looks nice enough on the picture. Ifyou look again, and closer, ribs are to be seen, crossing the road from left to right. Not small ribs, mind you, more the kind that throw your car just a littlebit into the air. When a multitude of them are put together the result is a car that almost rattles of the road. The only thing I could do was to go over 60 kph. Bad for suspension, but the rest of the car remains relatively peaceful then.

And so we reached the borderpost, Giriyondo. this crossing can be done with a normal car. You need to stay in Kruger or Limpopo for a night to be allowed to use it though, since it is only open for touristic purposes.

I left our map of Mozambique with the customs officer. He was very happy with it. We then crossed over to the RSA side, located in the very same building. So much more convenient than Komatipoort/Lebombo! The third and last visit was to the Kruger Park office. Admission is 200 Rand per person, children 50% less. It far exceeds the entrance fee for Limpopo, but it therefore has animals, which Limpopo doesn't (We did not see any wildlife on our way through)

No alcohol permitted into the Kruger Park! No drinking, no littering, no protruding from windows, no feeding the animals, no ....

Elephant!

Impala!

Nice view!

Impala turned out to be very abundant throughout the park. This waliing food for lion and leopard even roamed the restaurant area. 

Olifanten is the camp in the park with the best view! High up on a mountain you look down upon the Olifanten River. No campsite, but chalets. To be remebered for the next visit. 

More elephant...

And zebra.

And more elephant, monkeys and impala. 

We reached camp just before dark. At his camp, Tamboti, there is no reception, no shop, no nothing. I phoned in to get the tent number, next day we would have to go to Orpen (2km) to get our exit permit. 

We had an open fire in the braai, made dinner using whatever we had left, and then went to bed. Tijl had had an excellent day!