Limpopo Forest Tented Camp

... Village. Here we got to experience the different African cultures – Ndebele, Basotho, Zulu, Xhosa and Pedi, so with our tour guide (dressed as Zulu) he took us around these mini villages and were greeted by the different chiefs in each village in their native tongue (the Xhosa was difficult as they 'click' and 'cluck' in their language – Nelson Mandela's was Xhosa) and saw different unique experiences in each.


After walking through each we ...

... but apparently hyenas are a serious problem around the camps.

On our way from Mopani to Letaba we saw:

Waterbuck, elephants, impala, giraffe, bushbuck, eagle on nest, steenbok, spotted hyena, guinea fowl, squirrel, ostrich, buffalo, mongoose, babblers, pigeon, baboons, vervet monkeys, saddle-billed stork, turtles, grey heron, crocodiles, hippo, bataleurs, zebra, wildebeest, fish eagle, green pigeon, brown headed parrots.

... park, passes through some really lovely scenery. We had hoped to fill up with diesel before entering Kruger but there were none on this route at all. Advice is if you don't have two tanks and two jerry cans like we had then fill up in Musina as we couldn’t fill up again until we arrived at Punda Maria.

The two officials at Parfuri Gate were really pleasant and one even cleaned the windscreen whilst Neil and I completed the entrance ...

... awaits. Im going to try to write to you guys one more time before we leave here because Im not sure if we'll have time for internet once we've left were going to have a really tight sight seeing/flying schedule but Ill do my best as always! I still cant believe I only have 4 sleeps left at Moholoholo. Time has flown by. I dont want to leave my new friends, i dont want to leave the animals and I certainly DONT want to go back to work lol !!!! Love and miss you all very much!! Annie xoxox

... of elephants which was cool because we dont have elephants on the game reserve were staying at. Other than that, weve been doing our usual rounds. I was really excited because they finally let me handle and play with Hammy the female Honey Badger I clean and feed everyday shes soooo sweet. After that I got to cuddle with the Telo and Duma the 2 lion cubs we walk and feed everyday. SO CUTE! Im ...

... Marie opting for the upstairs bedroom, bad move!! Heat rises, and its a shocker when you opt for the only bedroom without air conditioning, as they found out later that evening! Anyways, the resort's got a swimming pool, golf course (Gary Player designed, although that means nothing to me) and some other stuff including a river running through with crocs and hippos. The place was scattered with warning signs such as 'Beware of crocodiles' 'Hippos are dangerous at ...

Making an early start we drove from Kruger to Swaziland. As we drove along we spotted giraffes, impalas, warthogs, crocodiles and other game but no lions. Although we altered our route to once again pass by areas where lions had been spotted, they remained recalcitrant and unwilling to face the cameras. We stopped for breakfast at Tshokawane where we were amused by a monkey and her baby playing in the picnic area. During breakfast ...

... largest green canyon with some 100m down) had us in Johannesburg last night, where everyone's ways parted again and i am counting down hours till i bob around on the ocean once more. Some of these were killed last night eating dinner in some ritzie casino that makes you feel like you are anywhere but in afrika. Here i quickly reclaimed my clumsy title when sitting down and breaking my chair with a loud smack well before anyone else had even sat down. Good thing ...

... breakfast. Just as we were cleaning up, we heard another odd noise and found that a young warthog was rooting around outside. It only had one horn so it is considered disabled. The boys initially thought it was cute and were sort of playing with it. Then, when it realized they were not going to feed it, it charged them and they scared it off (though it came back from time to time during the day). The boys spent a fair ...

... and quaint, but hardly worth an 11 hour plane ride. With hindsight, the N4 direct to Swaziland would have been a better option. Live and learn. That being said, it was kinda cute, and popped out a couple of good photos. But I wouldnt be crossing any time zones or equators to head there.