Up at 6:30am - argh!!!! My brother was snoring in the room & my parents were up cooking a full english breakie. My tummy is still sooooo full from dinner last night.We set off in Michaels car and spent pretty much the whole day driving right around the Reserve. I believe we managed to spot 35 rhino's in total which I thought was pretty amazing, but have since learnt that this particular Reserve is foremost in breeding white rhino's and has the largest population of the animals. We managed to spot one elephant right next to the road - he did not look a happy chappie and appeared to be heading for the one camp which is not surrounded by an electric fence (our camp was needless to say). We only managed to spot one crocodile lying on a nearby bank when we crossed over a small bridge. One of the drives that we took was specifically for 4wd vehicles - which my brothers car is not. However, he has this massive double cab truck with huge tyres and it can go pretty much anywhere a 4wd vehicle can. There were two hair-raising moments when the gradient we were driving along turned VERY steep. I did not think we would make it.A while ago someone asked my why the authorities cull elephants. After seeing the destruction the herds in the Reserve cause, you would understand. They rip branches from trees in order to get at a few leaves and then discard after eating what appears to only be one mouthful. Or else they push whole trees over & rip the bark from them. They cause devastation wherever they go and hence you cannot have too many in one area or else they will demolish all trees & shrubs leaving a dry & desolate landscape.