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Cape Town - An inquisitive buffalo crashed a party at Hlosi Game Lodge close to Paterson in the Eastern Cape on Sunday, 6 March - supposedly looking for an ice cold brandy and coke to fend off the dry heat.

But that's not all. This fabulous buffalo checked into the game lodge like a true diva.

Shane van Moerkerken for Hlosi Game Lodge told Traveller24 the "buffalo spent a few days around the fence line at Hlosi Game Lodge" before checking in.

He wandered around the fence of the lodge at first, and then slipped through a gap in the fence. He went for a drink of water from the swimming pool, tasted the salt water and then decided to take a dip rather.

"The Hlosi team contacted the game reserve vet to ensure the bull was okay and not distressed," van Moerkerken says. "The pool at Hlosi is shallow so the upper half of the bull wasn’t covered by the water and the team kept a close eye on the bull for any signs of distress or discomfort."

The bull proceded to get out the pool using the steps, but stayed inside the fence of Hlosi and continued to eat grass... And like a true guest enjoying the perks of the lodge on vacation, the buffalo then took an afternoon "nap at Suite number One," van Moerkerken says.

"Guests were kept at a distance and no one approached it. After its nap the bull proceeded to investigate the grounds where he found some shade... in the lodge's cool bar area.

The bull "walked through the door way into the bar area in a curios fashion, but [he was] cautious enough not to bump into anything. He sniffed around for a brief period and then left out the another door without damage to himself or the bar and building."

The unusual guest has since checked out, and has been ushered back into the game reserve grounds.

Photographs showing the massive buffalo awkwardly standing behind the wooden bar of the lodge were posted to social media.

The images were posted to the Hlosi Game Lodge's Facebook page, with the caption, "What else to do on a sweltering day at Hlosi than go for a swim and have a drink at the Hlosi bar??#‎givethatbuffaloabells?" [sic].

Check it out:

Much better to have a dip in clean water rather than in a mud pool.

My son works as a research ecologist at a big game reserve, he regularly have to chase one of the cheetah's out of the main reception area. They just wander in and make themselves comfortable. They are very placid and have done nobody any harm up to now.

Serve him a gin and tonic! Before he gets pissed.

That buff has major 'helmet-head'!

Photoshopped? How'd he get inside the bar itself? The 'door' and the background look problematic.

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Photoshopped? How'd he get inside the bar itself? The 'door' and the background look problematic.

I don't see the bull's reflection on the bar top either. I see the reflection of the white straws, the two long thin vertical masks on each side of the entry, the glass canister on the far right and the glass planter under the bull's right horn. The Coke can also seems to be floating in mid air. I think we're being "punked".

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Photoshopped? How'd he get inside the bar itself? The 'door' and the background look problematic.

I don't see the bull's reflection on the bar top either. I see the reflection of the white straws, the two long thin vertical masks on each side of the entry, the glass canister on the far right and the glass planter under the bull's right horn. The Coke can also seems to be floating in mid air. I think we're being "punked".

You are 100% correct. If you download the photos , open it up in photoshop and enlarge it to 500%, you can clearly see that was photoshopped in. The top of the boss is a clear give away and the reflection of bottles on the top but the bottles is not there. Whoever did it did a reasonable good job with the cutting out, but did not pay enough attention to the small detail.

The name "van Moerkerken" ought to tell us something...

My guess is the buff was tracking down the clown that wounded him two weeks ago. Buffalo are well known for their tenacity in trying to get even with anyone or anything that tried to hurt them.

BH63

I have a friend whose cousin is involved there and insists that it is a real picture. No photoshopping. Some of those buffalo are as tame as dairy cows.