There is nothing better than dunking a rusk in tea (or coffee) just as the sun begins peeping through the trees in the Marakele
ADVENTURE. The ‘safari tents’ in the Bontle camp site are comfortable and well-equipped. Picture: Brendan Seery
Then, padding up silently comes a female ostrich, obviously habituated to people in the camp who, despite the injunctions of the park authorities, clearly hand out the odd tidbit.She looks at us, begging, but we harden our hearts. The vervet monkeys, of course, never beg – they just steal. However, I wonder if that is not more for money-making reasons when I later discover a reminder that walking or hiking is forbidden in the park – but that you can book guided walks…
Marakele is an amalgamation of state and private land and its area has expanded significantly since it originally saw the light of day in the ’80s as the Kranzberg National Park.Yet, that attitude was before the days of the boom in the tourism and hunting industries, which came off the back of a change in legislation, which decreed all animals on a property became the property of the land owner, and not the state.
If you time your visit right – as the morning thermals are rising – you can witness these amazing birds in their scores, flying with very little apparent effort. You are warned that if you do get stuck on a road marked for 4×4 vehicles, you will be liable for the recovery charges.Apart from Bontle, there is another tented camp in the dangerous game part of the park, called Tlopi, which has spectacular views… although on a previous visit we did find the tents, which are mounted on a deck, to be a bit too close together.
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