New company

Well here we are with Kuoni, Private Safaris, and a new venture.

Well day one started of with three different landing times from London,

Finally after starting at 530 am I got the last peeps at 0900 then of to Pretoria we went, and all went well two different hotel check ins but an way, the we had a welcome dinner at Moyo just outside Pretoria, Awesome, really great food the clients got their face painted all was fun.

Day two

 a long day we drove from Pretoria via the Blyde canyon all the way to White river, Wow what a long haul, and hot got to the hotel just after 630pm.

Day three Kruger Park

Well the riots are on no access to Numbi gate so we have to drive An hour back so wakeup call 415am, got to the gate just after 500am,fantastic everyone is now very excited and we are of in the jeep. First thing we see is a , No wait for it , a Duiker then yes your rite Impala, we drive for about an hour then the ranger slams on breaks and we have two Leopard not close enough for photos but all can see, YES thank you.

Then a pair of Elephant at a water hole decided it is time to take a bath wow what a great sighting. Now it’s time for breakfast so we go to Skacuza and all sit down and enjoy a light meal, and back on the road we go an hour later one Giraffe then 3, great we are on a roll 2hrs go by and finally an Elephant 15 min later in 33 deg heat a Rhino, lunch stop at Pretorias kop its now 230pm we find another Rhino and just before 4 we get a dazzle o Zebra, not a great viewing day but all enjoyed.

Day four Swaziland

Of to Jeppies reef boarder post to Swaziland a longer trip than coming out of the park but interesting, Check out of South Africa was smooth the a small visit to a Swazi cultural experience, all enjoyed just very hot. Next stop Swazi side boarder entry easy this time fantastic, Nigwe glass factory stop and lunch, very nice stuff but no one bought as worried it might break, I found an invention they have started, I think next time I will buy one, a wine cooler but with a compartment to put the ice in so it does not dilute the wine. Then we made our way to the craft market nice stuff and priced well. Hotel check in smooth just after we all were in three coaches arrive talk about timing.

Day five Swaziland to St Lucia

Wow what a hot day 38degC and 80% humidity and the busses ac decided to go on the blink. So we visited the candle factory in Swaziland not a great stop some pretty candles but expensive, Swazi boarder was easy today smooth sailing other than being uncomfortably hot all went well hotel in St Lucia is nice.

Tomorrow we do a boat trip and visit Hlehluwe I will post that and more when we get to Durban