Bushveld Lodge Nelspruit

<br>Here's a little story to show just how amazing the Kruger National<br>Park is and why I still believe it stands head and shoulders above the<br>rest!<br><br>A little while ago I was asked to provide a trip to the<br>Kruger for a client, but being short notice and the park being full we<br>were only able to get one night accommodation at Pretoriuskop camp in<br>the south of the park. I assured the guest it was the right move and we<br>went for it.<br><br>Coming from far we ...

Ok, so here we go, finally we have a chance to sit down and get this blog started...<br><br>A week and a *************** already, time flies it is incredible! We didn't stay very long in Johannesburg, but long enough to explore the South Western Township, Soweto. Stayed at a lovely backpacker in a quite neighbourghood of Soweto and joined the guys from the hostel on a bike tour of Soweto, which was definitely worth it - got a real insight into life in ...

... some bat boxes and bats were flying around that night. We also heard hyenas several times throughout the night. This too like Skukuza is very popular camp for weekenders at it near to one of the main entrance gates and not too far from Nelspruit and other South African towns.<br><br>This was our last stop in Kruger National Park. We had really enjoyed our stay here, had seen animals/birds we didn&#8217;t see last year. Our ...

... Il ya des supermarches, stations essences dans les bases grillages ou les impalas se refugient la nuit pour echapper aux predateurs.<br><br>Pour ce qui est des safaris de nuit, il suffit de reserver au parcs. Les safaris a peids ont ete arretes (sauf pour qq compagnies privees) apres une serie d accidents avec des hippos.<br>

... the resort).   Quinn smiled at him and he let us go.  The border was chaotic with Zimbabweans trying to enter RSA in one direction and Zimbabweans returning from RSA with truck loads of goods from the other direction.  It is unbelievable that they have to leave their country in order to purchase the food and goods they need to survive, (apparently many people in the rural areas are not surviving).  Once again we went through easily, the only real suffering ...

The fourth day of our tour we drove through the Drakensburg Escarpment region, which has absolutely stunning landscapes. Unfortunately it was a very foggy and wet morning when we drove up to God's Window, a beautiful lookout point. All we saw was a wall of white mist, instead of the valley below. It was nice to hike up into the ...

... the ice cream") who's spent the past 2 months learning English in Cape Town. We arrive at the camp in time for a beautiful sunset game drive. It's quite disappointing but we do run into 5 or 6 lions. Back at the camp we find our TREEHOUSE to be very rustic and exactly what I had hoped for! (Marc's Tree House Lodge, www.marcsamp.com) Our ...

... and drive us to a hotel in Nelspruit that Francois would book for us. Ok, that sounded fine. However, what happened was that by the time we got to Nelspruit, Francois had not booked us a hotel in Nelspruit, nor one in Maputo - as he had promised - and we did not know for sure what was happening with the bus tickets either as Francois said he would give us the reference number for the booking later but he did not have it yet which sounded ...

... flying used feminine hygiene device. (Hopefully we can upload a photo with this posting, if LJ will indulge me.) It was an observation that she did not appreciate, but perhaps she would have been more appreciative if she had picked up on the theme from when the TAM plane inhibited our timely departure from Rio. The above notwithstanding, our two hour flight to Johannesburg was quick and comfortable [LYNNE: Hmm...Andy also forgot to mention that our plane was "ancient" as ...

... wild.) He was just as interested in us too, it seemed. Pictures taken, excitement heightened, the drive continued. We entered the game reserve and were told that there are no more fences - even around the camp. This disconcerted the boys a bit ("you mean the lions can just come up to our room?") but also made it more real. Especially the trees which were recently upturned and the droppings left on the trail by the elephants which come through on a weekly stroll. The Zuma Zuma ...