Ezingoleni

The weather was better this morning, so after breakfast we set off up the road to Lake Eland Game Reserve 16 km away (8 km from the Gorge). It seems to be mostly a place for adventure seekers: 18 zip lines (2 1/2 hours of it we were told); mountain bike and 4x4 paths and hiking trails. The country is at the top of the Gorge with some viewing points into the Gorge.
The roads are really 2x4 or 4x4 stuff anyway - up and down and round and round the hills. There's a large lake at the end which obviously gives its name to the place.
We saw blue wildebeest and impala and blesbok and waterbuck, several giraffe and even kudu. Birds were also plentiful - a pair of purple-crested turaco but no Narina Trogon. Not the right habitat really.
By the time we got back to the Reception it was lunch time, so we had lamb curry in the restaurant. It was very good.Read more