South Africa – Day 9

South Africa – Day 9


In the morning we did some hiking in the drakensberg. First to some 800 year old drawing of the bushmen…
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… and later to a nice waterfall.

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On the way back we saw some baboons lying lazily on the street.

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Afterwards our local guide invited us to visit a local primary school. Were we were received very friendly.

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In the afternoon we had some free time. This we used to do some private hiking in the hills near our chalet.

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South Africa – Day 8

South Africa – Day 8


Our way out of Simunye was pretty adventurous as most of us had to stand on the load bed of a 4×4 while driving up the hill.
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Our destination for the day was the alpine heath resort situated in a beautiful valley in the drakensberg.

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South Africa – Day 7

South Africa – Day 7


Today we did a Safari on St Lucia Lake and in the afternoon went on to Zulu Land.

During the Safari we mainly saw different groups of Hippos.

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In Zulu Land we went to Simunye Zulu Lodge deep down in a beautiful valley,

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where we had an introduction to zulu culture.

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Later we had a “candle light dinner” because a lightning storm had killed all electricity.

South Africa – Day 6

South Africa – Day 6


Today we did another Safari, this time in the Hluhluwe National Park and later drove on to St Lucia.

This time we did see some Rhinos real, and I mean like REAL, close. You could nearly touch them as they walk over the road in front of the car.

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Besides that we did see some Zebras and some Giraffes.

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Sadly, we weren’t able to add a leopard to our final count of the big five.

In the late afternoon we did a nice walk along the beach of St Lucia. But the water was too dirty and there are to many sharks in it for a swim.

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South Africa – Day 5

South Africa – Day 5


From Swaziland we went to Bonamanzi Game Reserve further to the south…

On our way out of Swaziland we stopped at this typical Swazi home. As soon as we stopped kids came running towards the bus so we had to hurry to take our pictures… 😉

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At the entrance to Bonamanzi Game Reserve we saw this road sign. Guess what it means 😉

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Probably something along this line…

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Our lodge in the Reserve was beautifully situated with a nice bar directly at a small lake.

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After sunset we had a delicious bush braai out in the woods.

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