Another Adventure

I have always wanted to see the big 5 upfront and that is exactly what I planned to do. Arriving at my camp I was highly impressed by the whole setup of everything around me. It was no mere, bush and dirt camp, no no, it was luxury, like 5 star stuff. These were no mere tents, these were like the sheik tents of old with 5 star treatment overlooking the bush, and maybe an animal or two. Well that’s what I thought till my first night I was sound asleep and awoke to all sorts of noises, it was official I was in Africa. I could hear Lions that must have been close to my tent and then as I used my torch and shone it on the bush I could see a whole host of eyes staring back at me. Well that was quite unsettling, but I guess that’s what I signed up for.

The next morning we were up bright and early to a smacking breakfast, great eggs and bacon, but then it was off for our first game drive of the trip. In that fresh cool morning air I must admit for the first hour, we did not see a single animal not even a bird….ok maybe a bird. I was getting pretty upset and as I thought this was an absolute was out of the bush emerged two Rhino’s, wow they are the tanks of the animal world marching through the world. That was the key to our day it all turned around from there and by the time we got home we had seen lions and sorts of buck, zebra’s, giraffe and many more. What a great day.

It was time for our night drive something that I had been looking forward to ever since I arrived there. Getting into the truck as the sun was setting, I was so excited. Coming from a city I truly have never respected the great world of nature and have never really understood why people get so caught up in the fight for it. But I can safely say that after this trip I am a changed person, I have opened my eyes to the world. No more will I ignore the problems of the world, but will look to protect this paradise.

Ok I am getting side tracked, as we set off on our night journey I realized how great this was going to be, and as the temperature dropped I pulled the blankets provided up and got ready for a great time. Just my luck the first thing we come along to….is wow…a lion kill and it must have just happened, because I can tell you the King of the Jungle was getting stuck in. Rather scary, but amazing at the same time if that can be understood. We watched that for some time before continuing our drive, with the spotlight shinning all over I could just see all the eyes looking back at me. We got to see a herd of elephants and many other animals, but for me the highlight was defiantly the lions.

As I got back to camp I realized that I had 3 more days of this amazing place to experience and I cannot explain to you how great it felt. I will update on what actually happened, but just realize that I was great seeing everything on my tours to South Africa and will be back for another Kruger park tour

Trip to the Kruger

Recently I wanted to go on an African adventure; I thought that it would be the best to go on Kruger national park safaris as with them I would be able to get the experience that I want most. So that is what I decided, I would go on a Kruger Park tour and hopefully have an experience of a lifetime, little did I know that I would get more than I bargained for.

On arrival I settled into my camp site, and when I say camp site I don’t mean a mere tent, this was a 5 star luxury tent with king size bed and open plan bathroom. I could look out of my bedroom and see the wild bush and even animals walking by….I had surely arrived at one of the most beautiful places on earth.

After some activities at camp and meet and greet, it was time for our first game drive and this would prove o be one of the highlights. It was a night drive so the spotlight was shining everywhere and we all searched the bush to see those eyes staring back at us. Suddenly out of nowhere we saw a lion run out of the bush and then another and then another, they were chasing something. The Ranger quickly set of in pursuit but keeping a safe distance, then we heard it the cry of Zebra as it ran for its life, my heart was pumping like nothing I had felt (until a few days later that is though) and then the light caught it, we witnessed a text book lion kill, the kings of the jungle bringing down their prey was something to behold (one little girl was crying, why was she here).

We returned to our camp happy and I could not wait for the rest of my drives, as the week went on I went on pretty standard drives, seeing animals here and there and it was all very enjoyable, but nothing compared to that first night. So it happened that I arrived at my last drive that we came across a herd of elephants, and my word did they not want to be disturbed, the head female, turned to us and charged, even reversing as fast as we could they mighty beast was closing on us. I thought we were in serious trouble, but we managed to reverse through the trees and that caused the elephant to come crashing into them, bringing down a full grown tree (I remember thinking that could have been us). Flustered but excited my time in the bush was over.

I had, had a great experience that would make many jealous. I can tell you this that my journey into Africa has been great and I will be back soon.