As it turned out we did get our shark dive after-all. We headed from Oudsthoorn to Mossel Bay after a tip that the area was more sheltered and we might get out for a look at the sharks. We headed out on Friday afternoon to a small island seal colony not far off shore. Water temp was a nice chilly 15 degrees so cage time was limited by how long you could shiver for! We saw about half a dozen great whites - I managed to score pole position and had a couple try and stick their head in the cage about 2 inches in front of my face. They weren't massive, but at that range they were big enough. The vis wasn't fantastic but it was still pretty cool to be in the water with them.
From there we headed up to Addo Elephant Park for our first wildlife viewing. Was good fun driving around spotting critters. Not surprisingly there were plenty of elephant, but also lots of Kudu, jackels, meer cats, wart hogs etc. Nicole wouldn't let me chase the wart hogs in our Yaris, but I definately think we should get them in Aust as they are way cooler than our feral porkers. The SA parks kick arse and they should send our parks crew over here to have a look at how the Africans do things.
We have headed quite a few hundered km north now and are in the Drakensburg Mountains after a dodgy overnight in Mthatha. We arrived in the dark and all the razor wire/electric fences (more than we had seen elsewhere - which is a lot) didn't inspire confidence. We found a good backpackers with razor wire and guard dogs and it was all good.
Taking a tour tomorrow into Lesotho which hopefully will be good. Have to get back to my beer now. Will update again shortly. KT.
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