Fire!
September 30, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
En route Hazyview from Graskop, plantation burning.
Nkambeni
September 30, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Checked in. No room for Van Woenzel & Gram. Gave my room. Also changed rooms with Broersma & Loderus, as they requested a room as close as possible to reception.
Sunset Safari
September 30, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
18 pax. As per excursion spreadsheet.
Safari! 13 Full Day, 16 Half Day.
October 1, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
13 Full Day, 16 Half Day. Went with Heinrich to the gate to pay conservation fees.
Boma!
October 1, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Dinner under the stars tonight. Bought two bottles of Amarula as a welcome-to-dinner drink.
Raymond's Birthday @Nkambeni.
October 2, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
42 today!
Malelane
October 2, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Coffee and toilet stop, also to buy picnic lunch.
Border!
October 2, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
No problem getting through. Pax use toilets before going to Eswatini.
Picnic!
October 2, 2019 in Swaziland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Picnic lunch. Roadside market.
Mlilwane
October 2, 2019 in Swaziland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Arrived and checked in. Beautiful location.
Depart Mlilwane.
October 3, 2019 in Swaziland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
17 pax doing Umpakhatsi. 12 pax will join main group at 09:30.
Umpakhatsi
October 3, 2019 in Swaziland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
17 Pax visiting the chief's village. Made a mistake with payment for Umpakhatsi, paid for 21 instead of 17. Also paid for transport for 8 pax instead of 12.
Nisela
October 3, 2019 in Swaziland ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Lunch
Bayala!
October 3, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Arrived & Checked In.
Thierry's Birthday!
October 4, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
72 Today.
Munyawana Morning Safari
October 4, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Wonderful safari! Excellent feeding sightings. Quite the killing field this morning.
Brunch
October 4, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Under the thorn trees..
Hluhluwe Imfolozi
October 5, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Three and half hour safari. Mediocre, not spectacular.
Picnic Lunch.
October 5, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Okay lunch, not spectacular but nice and enough.
Elephant Lake Hotel
October 5, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Arrived & Checked In.
Isimangiliso Wetland Park
October 5, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Two hour trip on the biggest estuary system in South Africa. This trip should be reduced to 1 hour as only hippos are to be seen. It gets boring after a short while.
Elephant Lake Hotel Consternation
October 6, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A group of rowdy students fron UKZN checked in and caused a lot of complaints from the group. In their drunken states they banged on doors, called random people by telephone and vomited in theRead more
Henk Broersma Kopradio.
October 6, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Henk forgot his headphones at Hannah Lodge. Terrence undertook to send it by courier to St Lucia. Delayed, did not arrive in time. Spoke to reception here and asked that they phone me as soon as itRead more
Farmers Daughter, Howick.
October 6, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Pre-ordered lunch. Doing good time, on schedule. Having my first vegan burger...
Mandela Capture Site
October 6, 2019 in South Africa ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Symbolic Long Walk To Freedom.