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<\/a>\u00a0on Friday the 3rd<\/sup> of March we celebrate World Wildlife Day.<\/p>\nLiving in South Africa we are rather lucky because we have a wide range of furry creatures that are available for us to see \u2013 if we can get to a game park that is. Otherwise there is always the zoo. Of course, it\u2019s not the same to see animals in cages \u2013 even if our zoos have nice big cages. Not like some of those horrendous places I have read about overseas.<\/p>\n
We are also fortunate in the way that there are lots of bushy areas that contain smaller beasties like snakes, mongoose, dassies and other little critters that you would not see if you lived in a concrete jungle of a city. Not sure I would really appreciate seeing a snake too much though.<\/p>\n
My friend Ginny lives near the Faerie Glen Nature Reserve in Pretoria and they have things like Zebra and other types of large buck roaming freely around \u2013 right in the middle of suburbia.\u00a0 She gets to go hiking around the reserve most Sundays and says it keeps her sane.<\/p>\n
In the East Rand area there is the Marievale Bird Sanctuary. I know that birds are perhaps not as exciting as big animals but they are still very pretty to look at. Many kids are not so fond of bird watching because we\u2019re supposed to be quiet otherwise the birds get scared and fly away. What\u2019s nice about Marievale is that it does not cost anything to visit, and apart from the picnic area, there is also a nice walk around the wetlands to bird hides. They say there are 267 different types of birds there. Sjoe! That\u2019s a lot! I have also heard that there are otters in the rivers \u2013 but sadly I\u2019ve never seen one. In the summer it is open from 05h30 in the morning and only closes at 19h30.<\/p>\n
Then there is the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve in Heidelberg which is a bit further away. You can spot the following critters in there\u2026 zebra, black wildebeest, red hartebeest mountain reedbuck, common duiker, steenbok, grey duiker, baboon, oribi, blesbok, springbok and kudu. It\u2019s not that expensive either \u2013 R22 per person and R11 per car.<\/p>\n
Have a fabulous week!<\/p>\n
Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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