On Saturday morning we drove close to Port Elizabeth, the farthest eastern point of our trip. Here we got ready to do the Tsatsikamma Canopy Zipline tour. We had a crazy zipline leader Siya who joked with us the entire tour, taught us Xhosa phrases, and served as our personal photographer. There were 10 ziplines of various lengths and heights throughout the rainforest. The highest was about 30m and the farthest about 65m. You could seriously pick up speed on the zipline and enjoy looking around the rainforest on the long ones. I had a blast going from line to line. It was also a great warm up for the bungy jump later on. We grabbed box lunches to go and headed for Bloukrans Bridge around 1 pm. See my previous post for the bungy jump experience with pictures! After the bungy jump we continued on to Knysa Elephant Park. The park has saved about 12 elephants of various ages (including three baby/young elephants). We had the opportunity to feed them fruits. Their trunks were muddy and greedy as they cleaned out the food quickly. After feeding we broke into small groups and walked around with a guide. We could walk right up to the elephants, touch their ears, pet them, and look at their giant mouth molars. It was amazing! They were gentle creatures and seemed to love the attention and especially the food. After this awesome excursion we drove to Knysa lagoon where we took a cruise out to the entrance to the Indian ocean. We snacked on appetizers and enjoyed some drinks. I included a picture of myself with Avril, our medical director (right) and Marion , the program coordinator (left) on the cruise deck. For dinner we ate at Checkers, a pizzeria. Molly and I shared a delicious pizza and I had a great South African wine with my meal. Another tasty treat we have discovered are Don Pedros: ice cream blended with some Amarula, yummy! We drove back to the hotel after dinner and called it a night.
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