Saving a Donkey

On Saturday, we rented a car and drove to Addo. We did not go in the park, because we are all waiting for other times to do that. Instead, we went on a canoe safari on the Sundays River. We saw some amazing wild life. This included birds such as a native species of eagle, a few species of cranes (including one big one that is about 2 meters in height) and Kingfishers. Also along the way, we saw monkeys, lizards (these were babies, but the adults can be over 2 meters in length) and Carp. The carp were very interesting because they make a suction sound when they break the surface of the water. About ¾ of the way through the trip, our tour guide (who was in my canoe) noticed a donkey who had made its way into the river and gotten stuck. He had guessed that it might have been there over night. We got some rope and he jumped into the water and helped the donkey to land. It was only a baby and we could hear its mother in the distance. That was the most amazing experience so far of my trip to SA. The boys who were our guides were very nice and brought us to their home to see a part of an elephant tusk that they had found a few weeks ago. The piece of ivory was huge and very heavy.