Day 13 (October 15, 2022)   Return

Before   

Route to Johannesburg airport   
  On our last day we will leave Graskop, perhaps making a short visit that we would have missed the day before, towards the Johannesburg airport.

  We have the flight back home at 6:10PM, so we must arrive in time to return the car and checking in.

  We will arrive home the next morning after a connection of less than three hours at the Istanbul airport.

After

  Around 8:30 AM we leave for the main street of Graskop to have breakfast at the place that we have been recommended. The fog gives a special atmosphere to the empty streets at this hour.
Graskop's Main Street
  We leave after a great breakfast for about 200R in total. It is 9 o'clock and we begin at this point our way back home. The idea is to arrive at the airport before 4 PM, but since it is a long drive and there are areas with works that force us to make a detour to the highway to Johannesburg, we are going to go straight without stopping at the waterfalls that have been recommended to us in the Lagoon Lodge.
Having our breakfat at Divine Me
  We said goodbye to Graskop shortly before 10 AM and we follow the path pointed by the GPS until we reach the N4 motorway, nearly two hours later.
Driving to Motorway N4
  The N4 highway actually leads to Pretoria, so about 30 km before the turnoff to the 12, which is the one that leads to Johannesburg, we stopped to refuel and stretch our legs at a place called Petroport.
Petroport N4Petroport N4
  We use the toilet, do some shopping and are surprised to see that they have buffalos and black rhinos outside. This is the most endangered species of rhinos.

Animals in PetroportBlack rhinos at Petroport
  We have stopped here by chance, after confirming that we did not have enough gasoline to get to the airport, where we should deliver the car with a full tank.
Petroport
  When we arrived at the airport shortly after 3 PM, I couldn't find the way to the gas station they have there and in the end we ended up delivering the car without filling it up. They tell us it's okay, but some days later they'll end up charging more than an entire deposit on my card for this.

  We check in the bag and pass the security control. This terminal is large and we spend time in the shopping area eating and making our last purchases.
OR Tambo AirportOR Tambo Airport
  The return flight leaves at the scheduled time and both the flights and the connection in Istanbul go smoothly without any issues.
Leaving South Africa
  In this way we culminate an adventure that we have enjoyed very much and has left us with the idea that whoever wants to do their first self drive safari should be in the Kruger, where both the task and the chance of seeing wild animals is much easier.