Elephant Plains Game Lodge

... routes and the daily routine) was a little like Disney Land. Another interesting thing is that small private reserves like Elephant Plains have arrangements with some other private reserves to allow each other access to each other's land.  However, ...

... got out and finished the repairs on the safari truck.  We limped back to the crater campground to be greeted by a bull elephant in the camp...and that night we were visited by a buffalo grazing through our tents, as well as some zebra and hyenas. ...

... coat patterns and eyes that just look through you. really, they are incredible animals. i leave today and i'm going to miss Elephant Plains. this lodge is fantastic (food, room, staff, guests, location, game viewing, you name it). i'm definitely coming ...

... the zebra eat it, the rhinos do and so do the hippos. we haven't come across the smell of fresh cut grass yet though. we met Tyson the leopard on our first night at Elephant Plains. he was in a muddy area under a tree and came out to hunt. gorgeous!

... we still counted the leopard as the final sighting for a complete set of the Big 5!) We also saw lots and lots of plains game: zebra, impala, Grant's & Thompson's gazelles (the first gazelles we've seen), giraffes (the Masai variety)... it really whet our ...