Paradise Camp
Travel Blogs from Hoedspruit
Safari I
... einen Elefanten.
Im Camp angelangt gibt`s, nachdem wir uns ein bißchen frisch gemacht haben, ein gemeinsames Dinner.
Wir sitzen in einer Art Amphietheater im Kreis und in der Mitte brennt ein Lagefeuer. Das Essen wird in der Küche vorbereitet und dann vor den Safarigästen angerichet und serviert. Die Nachspeise - flambierte Ananas wird am offenen Feuer frisch zubereitet.
Gegen 22.00 löst sich die Gruppe ...
I'm jeep lagged!
... the leopards daily. I think he feels really terrible that so far they've eluded us and he hasnt been able to share them with us. Greg and his brother Trevor grew up in this area and have spent their whole lives playing in the bush tracking animals. Their mom worked in game preserves when they were growing up. They love what they do and its really fun having greg as our driver. Our host is a girl named Erin. She, like Freeman at billys lodge, greets us when we ...
Africa
... for them to open check in. Flew to Sydney. Changed planes. Boeing 747 to Johannesburg. 14 hours 15 minutes. Enough said. Never again. Anywhere I go after this trip will be in the Pajero. In the back row so had aisle seat and nice big space. Lots of people came to pass the time there. We could see icebergs as we flew very far south.
Arrived at Johannesburg about 5.00 pm South African time. There was a huge queue and we waited over an hour ...
Más hechos de inseguridad en Sudáfrica
... panqueques en Harry’s Pankakes (sugeridos por la infalible guía Frommer's).
Llegamos a Johanesburgo muy tarde, cerca de las 10. Definitivamente no hay que llegar a Jo’burg de noche. Por suerte todo estuvo bien; Dina (dueña del B&B e hija de los ingleses que habíamos conocido en Kruger) nos fue llamando e indicando cómo llegar.
Por fin nos acostamos en una cama genial y dormimos bastante. Lo ...
Mobile Update
... they are amazing but clyde swiftly warned us, hold on to your belongings, you never know when they will attach. baboons are not all that friendly apparently :) We eventually found our way back to the paved road and headed to the edge of the park where there is a restaurant. There is also a board where you can map sightings of animals right next to it is a board with pictures of poachers traps and animals caught in those traps (meant for the rhino) it was truly disturbing. And we were ...