On safari

An early morning wake up call coffee and muffins and we are in our vehicle at 5.30 am. We didn’t encounter any creatures on our way to the main lodge even though we heard that a female leopard likes to walk along our boardwalk. It’s an amazing drive through gorgeous terrain over bumpy trails and hills and valleys and waterholes and down to the river. We travel further four hours which necessitates a toilet stop in the African wilderness which is just a little frightening. We encounter herds of elephants eating, bathing, mowing down trees, impalas, inyalas, a line Kudu (which also appears on our dinner menu), many zebras, a wild dog foot print, a wart hog, buffalo, wildebeest. The stop for coffee and Amarula is welcome as is breakfast at the lodge. Would love to stay and enjoy the amazing facilities but it’s back to the ship which is now black with coal dust from the port! Lunch and wine and trivia and drinks and fun and dinner with Max and Ian in Atlantide with prawns and lobster. Post dinner drinks and a liar liar game in Dolce Vita with Alex and Meredith who are part of our fun trivia group and Royce and so toddle off to bed exhausted but exhilarated from another amazing cruise day!Read more