Day 68 - Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Sunday, our stop was in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is a busy port. It has a population a little under a million. 
My excursion here was "Kwantu Game Reserve" and Kathy did "Ado Elephant Park by Coach"





Port Elizabeth in the dark.

First light







many cargo ships waiting to enter the port.

The harbor entrance

Pilot boat arriving


Where we will dock.






Holland America flag, Yellows Quarantine flag indicating no disease on board, Netherlands flag and South Africa flag
a city street

Ship waiting off shore with heavy surf at the beach

 
Salt evaporation ponds

Sand dune hills




Prickly Pear cactus growing all over the place. The animals like the fruit

the terrain  in the Reserve

WE spotted a giraffe an the way there







The vehicle we were drive around in

a welcome receiption with coffee r



First we walked around some enclosure with big cats
























Out into the reserve






Our guide telling us about the animals we were seeing







we were driven all up and down ad around these hills

Ant mounds

2 elephants on the hillside


this young one tried to charge at us 





























Egyptian Goose

a warthog


 2 hippos in the water

African Sacred Ibis on land near the hippos



Back to the reception area

some south African entertainment

Back to the ship

Sailing away

Sail away party

Surf breaking over the breakwatter



sunset approaching









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