Good Friday 10 April 2009 - After a lazy start we head into the Park, completely inconspicuous in our bright red Corsa! It is totally the wrong time of day to be out scouting for game, but with sarnies packed we are undeterred.Making a quick illegal detour to Gemsbok Plain we visit the accommodation Kirsteen uses for Kids in Parks, we then head to Auchterlonie, having chatted all the way, we take a breather and eat our sandwiches overlooking the plains of the Kalahari.
In place of Krugers NAFIs (Not Another F-ing Impala), we find dozens of Springboks, which literally spring, hence the name, across the desert. Under a predators attack, the spring becomes their defence mechanism, causing confusion together with discreet flaps that open up to create full white furry bottoms, a signal of 'follow me, follow me!' to the rest of the herd.
Other spottings of the day include gemsbok, steenbok, yellow mongoose, ostrich, kori bustard and ground squirrel.
The evening is spent entertaining the tourists with the showing of 'Springbok of the Kalahari' - can you detect a theme going on here? Narration by our very own Sir David Attenborough.
