Cousin Orville
Inventor of Air Cooling
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2000
Day 6 Knysna
We woke up to a beautiful day at the Conrad. I woke up early, and walked the grounds. That’s the Indian Ocean in the distance.
This morning we headed out on a cruise around the lagoon. Sadly, earlier this summer Kynsna was devastated by a fire. The area is known as the Garden Route of South Africa, and on prior ABD’s the morning activity included a hike on one of the hills. The area where the hike took place was completely burned. To replace that we took a cruise around the lagoon. We also had a good amount of time to shop in the area where we boarded the cruise.
This is the area where we were supposed to hike.
And you can see where the fire stopped here.
This is the end of the lagoon where it meets the Indian Ocean. No boats are allowed to travel between the lagoon and the ocean due to the dangerous waves.
After the cruise we headed back briefly to the hotel. Incidentally, the Conrad has a nice shop where I picked up a few cool gifts. That’s where I found the bracelet pictured earlier. We met back after an hour or two to head to the Knysna Elephant Park. The area around Knysna used to have many elephants. Now most (or all) of them are within the Park.
We took jeeps out into the park where we passed zebras and elephants and came to an area where we could feed the elephants. We were up on a raised platform for safety, but it was cool because we were eye to eye with the elephants. Our guide at the park gave us an overview and went over how to feed them. It was a wonderful experience. Really a highlight of the trip.
We were all given lots of fruit to feed them and opportunities to take pictures. Gorgeous animals. A bit slimy and snotty, but it was a fun experience. No worries, lots of soap, water, and hand sanitizers to get cleaned up with after.
On the way back to the main building we passed a family of zebras. You can tell by Mama’s belly that she’s pregnant again.
We had dinner at the Elephant Park. It was good. Nothing too exciting, but there was a good variety of food. Here’s one of the local beers they offered.
And home sweet home we went. Despite not being able to hike due to the fires, it was still a great day. And the Elephant park was absolutely amazing. Tomorrow we head up north to the game reserves.
We woke up to a beautiful day at the Conrad. I woke up early, and walked the grounds. That’s the Indian Ocean in the distance.
This morning we headed out on a cruise around the lagoon. Sadly, earlier this summer Kynsna was devastated by a fire. The area is known as the Garden Route of South Africa, and on prior ABD’s the morning activity included a hike on one of the hills. The area where the hike took place was completely burned. To replace that we took a cruise around the lagoon. We also had a good amount of time to shop in the area where we boarded the cruise.
This is the area where we were supposed to hike.
And you can see where the fire stopped here.
This is the end of the lagoon where it meets the Indian Ocean. No boats are allowed to travel between the lagoon and the ocean due to the dangerous waves.
After the cruise we headed back briefly to the hotel. Incidentally, the Conrad has a nice shop where I picked up a few cool gifts. That’s where I found the bracelet pictured earlier. We met back after an hour or two to head to the Knysna Elephant Park. The area around Knysna used to have many elephants. Now most (or all) of them are within the Park.
We took jeeps out into the park where we passed zebras and elephants and came to an area where we could feed the elephants. We were up on a raised platform for safety, but it was cool because we were eye to eye with the elephants. Our guide at the park gave us an overview and went over how to feed them. It was a wonderful experience. Really a highlight of the trip.
We were all given lots of fruit to feed them and opportunities to take pictures. Gorgeous animals. A bit slimy and snotty, but it was a fun experience. No worries, lots of soap, water, and hand sanitizers to get cleaned up with after.
On the way back to the main building we passed a family of zebras. You can tell by Mama’s belly that she’s pregnant again.
We had dinner at the Elephant Park. It was good. Nothing too exciting, but there was a good variety of food. Here’s one of the local beers they offered.
And home sweet home we went. Despite not being able to hike due to the fires, it was still a great day. And the Elephant park was absolutely amazing. Tomorrow we head up north to the game reserves.
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