Zimanga offers game drives, but their most sought after attraction are the photography hides. The majority of these are aimed at birders, but I did visit both mammal hides, which are of greater interest to me. You enter these in the afternoon and don't emerge until the next morning. They're situated next to water holes, and have artificial lighting. My stay in the Umgodi hide was most disappointing: I saw only buffalo, I suspect due to a technical problem with the hide's electric fence, which made a loud arcing sound outside all night. However, the newer Tamboti hide was more interesting, and whilst I didn't see any cats, I was lucky enough to have some wonderful Elephant encounters (see next post). Here, I present some of the other animals I saw during the night of August 16th and early in the morning of August 17th.
White Rhino
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