When I wanted to sleep the night before I found my bed had been annexed, so ended up in someone else's cottage. In the morning woke up in this unfamiliar cottage down the road from the main set of buildings which felt about only 2 hours after going to bed! I thought I would get out and look around while every one else was still asleep.
To my surprise there was a tame giraffe right outside the cottage and it was so friendly and keen to be patted and stroked. I spent about half an hour stroking it's forehead like you would a horse, and it loved it and kept coming back for more. Such a wonderful animal! It was a real honour to be able to meet such a large "wild" animal up close and personal.
This is the daily blog from Africa4Adventure.com, in particular a short series on the Botswana and Zimbabwe - Giraffe Motorbike tour we attended during July 2011. Check out the original
plans and route for the trip here.
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Southern African motor cycle tours on our list of tour route summaries are available, where we explore these sorts of
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| Good Morning Mr Giraffe |
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| The cottage I ended up in - away from all the noise and all night music |
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| Such a majestic beast - made me feel really close to the wild |
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| Friendly friendly |
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| Closest I got to getting the whole giraffe in one picture up close! |
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| That long neck can move very fast |
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| Step back and get it all in |
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| Not easy to get it all into the lens up close |
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| Such a friendly giraffe |
