Driving to Pretoriuskop

Oh what a day!
We left Lower Sabie, our camp for the past three days and headed to Pretoriuskop, our camp for the next three days.
A pretty long drive, but the fates were on our side and we had some incredible sightings:
lions, thunderbirds, a family of rhinos!
Absolutely incredible.
And on top of that, a couple of unexpected ones like this chameleon crossing the track, this tortoise munching on the side of the road, and my favorite random: a turtle on a turtle... You can't make that up.

We have now settled into Pretoriuskop, which doesn't have the stunning view over the river that Lower Sabi had (or the cocktails, apparently), but is gorgeous in its own way, and has a pool built to include the gentle slopes of a rocky outcrop so that it forms one side and most of the bottom of the pool! Genius.Read more