Zuleika Country House
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Rain hindered our sightseeing
We left the hotel around 9:30 after having a great breakfast at the grill. Paid our bill and were on the road to the Panorama Route and the Blyde River Canyon. The weather was still against us. It rained quite a lot, and we had to drive through clouds that completely obstructed the anticipated spectacular views. The fog/mist/cloud seemed even …
Blyde River Canyon
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I have very little time to write before Jacob and Theresa meet me for breakfast. The lodge where we are staying has a computer, yay! I'm hoping to write more about what we did the last couple of days with the children. I'm not sure if I will be able to post pics …
Safari I
... ein ca. 30 m hoher alleinstehender Granitfelsen - (wir erstehen noch einen Holzelefante und einen -hippo) und fahren dann weiter zu Gods Window.
Der Parkplatz ist übervoll mit Touristen -Wetter nicht schlecht und Wochenende. Ein paar Photos und weiter auf der R 532 bis zur Kreuzung mit der R 36.
Wir fahren auf über denAbel Erasmus Pass (1850 m) durch riesige Mango Plantagen durch den ... Tunnel und kommen so ...
Welcome to Safari
... Then to bed early,what with next morning's game drive starting at 05:30. It was around this time that I started feeling rather sick. Looks like I've caught a cold from the flight. And despite the image that the word Safari conjures up, it was bloody cold here. The morning's game drive was a whirlwind of various antelope - impala, water buck and kudu - and an unexpected sighting of a couple of hippos in the river during our morning coffee ...
I'm jeep lagged!
... thought for sure it had broken the skin but thankfully the whole right side was just red. Frans was sitting in his tracker seat up front on the good of the jeep doing his best to guide Rex. Rex said later he shouldn't have done that but you have to go places like that to find the leopard. He said none of the other lodges will do it. We all had our video cameras out videotaping the experience and applauded their efforts when we got back. It was insane! All in pitch ...