Wednesday we went to Nazinga. Having collected the children from where ever they were we set off in convoy at midday. Four cars in all with 20 people!
We headed for Po which is about 2 hours south of Ouaga (and about 20km North of Ghana!). Once we got to Po we turned off the black top (tarmacked road) and turned onto a dirt track, the sign said 55km to Nazinga, but it took us another two hours as we could not drive fast because of the state of the road! About half way there we entered the park itself and quite a few of the children climbed on the roof rack of their cars! I was glad that our children didn't ask!
It was a relief to arrive although we had spotted some elephants, antelopes, crocodiles and wild boar on the way. The huts we stayed in were much better than we had expected and were right next to a lake where the animals like to hang out. We had antelope and chips for tea!
The following morning we were up by 6 and the Safari started at 6:30! At which time someone noticed that we had a flat tyre! One wheel change later and we were off. Ben driving our car and the children and I on the roof rack! We followed another car which had a guide in and drove around the park for the next three hours. We saw some antelope and that was about it! When we arrived back about 9:30, the elephants were there already and just about to go for a swim in the lake right next to our huts! Huh?
It was great to watch the elephants in the lake but it was a bit scary as there was nothing between them and us and they walked right past us to get to the lake! One of our families got a bit too close and had a very tense moment when their 6 year old fell over right in front of an elephant. No harm done.
We had something to eat before heading back and saw a few more elephants on the way. Despite not seeing many elephants we really enjoyed our time at Nazinga with our friends and although sitting on the roof rack was fun at the time, we all got scratched by bushes and tree and next time we need to take more padding!!!
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| Entrance to the park |
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| Sunrise |
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| On the roof rack |
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| Elephants |
5 comments:
Looks like fun - including sitting on the roof rack ;-) Pretty cool to see the elephants that close up and in the wild (or near enough)
Happy New Year to you all!
That sounds amazing! What does antelope taste like?!
Antelope tastes a bit like kidney but with the consistency of beef!
Been a while since I have looked at your blog but really good to hear that you are all ok and enjoying life!! Nazinga sounded a great place to visit, glad you were able to have that time away. Love and prayers for you all. Ruth (from Brum)
You've not really sold the antelope to me there!!
Glad you got to do something a bit different :)
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