Years ago the people at Hluhluwe (pronounced shu shlu ee) began a program to bring the rhinocerous back from extinction. They were successful, and from 1920 when there were only white rhinos 100 in the world, today there are at least 7,000. About half of them are still in the park. We saw many rhinos while we were there, but they mostly stay to themselves in the mud. At one point one walked right in front of the game car, but no one was ready to snap a photo. I managed to snap his rear end as he walked across the field. Just before leaving the park, we saw a group of rhinos including some babies, but it was too dark to take good photos.
Hluhluwe is considered the most African of the game parks because it has four different kinds of land: forest, woodland, savannah and grasslands. We enjoyed the hills and the spectacular views from the top of them.
There is a guided boat ride, but we didn't have time for that. In our three hour game drive we saw giraffes, zebras, impalas, buffaloes, and of course, rhinos. We did not see elephants, nor did we see any big cats.
I have put all of the photos of each kind of animal together although the sightings probably were different.
