Tolin's 2024 World Cruise blog posts, Day 88 Apr 6, 2024, Richards Bay, South Africa, Bonamanzi Game Reserve {WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN!}

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In Africa, the Big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo. The term was coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot, but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and safari tour operators. They are examples of charismatic megafauna, featuring prominently in popular culture, and are among the most famous of Africa's large animals.

The 1990 and later releases of South African rand banknotes feature a different big-five animal on each denomination. Countries where all can be found include Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe 

More info:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_five_game



The Big Four

Bonamanzi is home to “The Big Four." Game Drives are offered on the Reserve. There are a few roads open to guests to do self drives but these are limited to certain areas and do not cover the whole Reserve; the Route covers a portion of the Sand Forest and takes you down to a section of the Hluhluwe River. The Reserve suggests guests drive in a 4×4. Access to these roads is strictly dependent on the weather – no admittance during or directly after a rain storm; Reserve Management will open the roads once sufficiently dry. This also applies to Guided Game Drives. One of Bonamanzi’s special features is that it provides an interactive bush experience in which you can participate in one of their guided walks or a game drive. They offer unguided walks on well appointed trails – caution needs to be taken on these and guests needs to take full responsibility for their own safety.


Short videos:

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=bonamanzi+game+reserve&type=E211US105G0#id=2&vid=56663b06bedfa088bcbc7ff09a341ece&action=click

https://www.facebook.com/bonamanzigamereserve/videos/719543730368298/

https://www.facebook.com/bonamanzigamereserve/videos/267489006301053/


Unfortunately the seas and winds were so rough that the captain and local pilot deemed the weather too dangerous to attempt landing at Richards Bay.



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