St. Lucia
20.07.2008 -17 °C
This weekend a group of us went on a trip to St. Lucia which is about 3 hours from Durban. On Saturday, we went on a few safaris-pretty much all day.
First we went on a boat trip for about an hour and got to see hippos and crocs. After a while the crocs actually started to get kind of boring. They don't move much (or at all) and I have now seen them at least 3 different times on this trip. One thing I do find interesting about them is that they leave their mouths open to cool themselves off. the don't sweat and this is their only way to stay cool.
Then we went on a horseback safari. That was actually pretty cool. My butt started to hurt from sitting on the horse, but it was totally worth it. We got pretty close to the animals and it was nice on the horse instead of in a vehicle. We got to see zebras, wildebeast, and impalas. It is cool how they all just hang out in the same area together. We got to see several baby zebras which were pretty cute. We moved at a pretty slow pace and the horses didn't do much beyond a slow walk. When we would come up to or pass some zebras many of them would just stare at us. It was kind of funny.
Then we went on a 3 hour night safari. We got to see two types of chameleon, zebras, kudu, impalas, and white rhinos. I wasn't really able to get any good pictures though. Our guide was pretty cool. A couple of times we would be driving along and he would stop and reverse and pull up next to a tree and pull off this tiny, little chameleon. It was pretty crazy how he was able to spot them. We got to hold onto them which was pretty cool. At one point we stopped and had a hot chocolate. It was so nice to be out in the wilderness at night with the stars. It has been a really long time since I have gotten to enjoy the outdoors at night.
St. Lucia is a small town but extremely touristy. Pretty much every other place was a restaurant or an agency to plan activities. We stayed in hostel overnight which was awesome, even though this was the worst hostel I have stayed in so far. It was just nice to get out of the city and be busy doing stuff like at the beginning of my trip. I loved travelling and moving from place to place and finding cool and fun stuff to do.
Posted by schneial 13:04 Archived in South Africa
