At some point we noticed and past a small sign saying something about game, but didn't really take much notice of it. Next minute we looked around and saw a heard of Wildebeest grazing away quite oblivious to us and our motorbikes. Most game bikes approach seem to run a mile, but unless we were down wind or unless they were not really threatened by the bikes, they just ignored us and carried on eating.
We saw a lot of springbok and other smaller animals running away as were rode past them, the animals were often way to quick for us to stop, get a camera out and take a picture. In very far the distance we could see heards of Springbok and other animals, so we wanted to approach them as quietly as possible (freewheeling downhill in neutral).
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| We rode past a heard of Wildebeest |
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| Grazing away quite happily |
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| Not even interested in the motorbikes |
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| We had seen a sign saying game farm earlier |
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| One inquisitive animal looks up finally |
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| We still had a way to go so kept moving |
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| Looking the other way. We could see on the far valley animals - turns out it was Zebra and Springbok |
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| There was a lot of game and we wanted to approach quietly |
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| Bikes off to keep the sound down while taking photos |
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| Beautiful wide open countryside |
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| Wildebeest moving off now |
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