Karoo National Park

Another freezing night and glorious day. After a leisurely breakfast we wandered down to the interpretation centre. This national park was established in 1979 on land once occupied by farms. The Karoo region is considered distinct due to its extreme geological and botanical diversity. We later followed the fossil walk which displayed a bunch of amazing fossils of nearly whole skeletons of the ancestor of mammals (not dinosaurs but therapsids) Once the blazing sun lessened we attempted to tackle the Pointer hiking trail, a semicircle along the road, up an escarpment. It afforded incredible views of the ancient flat topped hills. We didnt see any animals during the hike although we might have had we not completely lost the trail and had to retrace our steps. Last night as I was eating dinner I heard something behind me and discovered an enormous porcupine ambling past.