Tshukudu Game Lodge
Travel Blogs from Hoedspruit
Safari I
... ber Hazyview und Graskop und hoffen auf gutes Wetter.
Der erste Stopp ist der Big Swing - hier kann man wie der Name schon sagt in eine Schlucht hinunterswingen oder auch mit dem Foefie Slide über die Schlucht hinübergleiten.
Und es siehe da nach Graskop gibt es heute keinen Nebel. Es ist zwar nicht wolkenlos, aber zumindest kann man in der Ferne den Kruger National Park sehen.
Wir stoppen zuerst ...
Welcome to Safari
... sleeping or lunching until the afternoon/evening game drive. More elephants and giraffes ensued. With cape buffalo (with very strange head ornaments reminiscent of 17th century aristocratic wigs) and a wild African bush cat called a caracal. With only 8 of us at the lodge, it really was like a private safari. The evening meal was as superb as the lunch was. Our chef, Max, really outdid himself with the menu, quality of food ...
I'm jeep lagged!
... said he would be on the ground as they only go into trees after a kill (they drag their prey into a tree to eat it so they won't be bothered by lions). We went down into a low lying area with no "road" and I'm surprised the jeep didn't flip or get a flat tire. Trees are in the jeep, thorn branches everywhere, and ROCKS! Talk about bumpy. You have to lay down on the seat unless you want your face to get cut up by thorn bushes. I got smacked in the face with a tree ...
Day 4
... to Hoedspruit. Looking forward to good breakfast there. In Hoedspruit. Just had lovely breakfast at Safari Club. Nice and hot here. Going to lodge now to get changed and then go ride a little, show Maxie the sights. Interesting to be back here. Ran into old school friend at club. What a co-incidence. Hoedspruit hasn't changed much. ...
Mobile Update
... him for a while before we moved on . We saw many many different species of Antelopes, including theImpala, steenbok, Dukier, Bushbuck, waterbuck, Nyala and Kudu, we even spotted one very rare sable Antelope he was beautiful. The horns on these animals are incredible. We saw the very small klipspringer and the oribi. Many many zebras and giraff's of course and a plethora of birds and Ostrich. about an hour and half later we stopped at a camp for a packed breakfast. We had ...