Hi loves,
We agreed on having an easy and relaxed day, but this is not exactly how it turned out. First we drove to Pilgrim's Rest, a historic village where they discovered gold in South Africa many years ago. It's like a living museum, such a beautiful scene with the purple trees and old buildings.
Pilgrim's rest was very nice but after one hour you've seen it all. We had a late lunch in Sabie and afterwards we drove to the Lone Creek Falls. After a short (200m) hike you'll be at the viewing point and it is a very beautiful and strong waterfall!
And after 7 amazing days in South Africa, it was time for the last evening in Hazyview. We went back to the Summerfiels restaurant to enjoy a romantic 3 course diner outside. It was delicious, perfect and again very romantic! A night we will never forget!
I forgot to mention our hotel for our last two nights in South Africa. We spend the nights in Ashbourne where we got our own little cottage. It was really nice and eventhough I prefer Cuckoo Ridge, this hotel is a very good option as well (and cheaper).
Hello y'all!
Day six of our trip! As you have read in the previous post we spend the night in the beautiful Sabie River Bush Lodge. It was the third day of our safari and we were desperate to see the big 5 before we were going to fly back to Amsterdam.
We had an amazing day in the park. It was a lot of driving, but it was so worth it! After half a day of driving around in the Kruger park, we ran into a rhino at a drinking spot. So beautiful and special! With the rhino we saw 4 out of the big 5 in Kruger. But we were also very anxious to see the leopard! And while we drove back to the gate, we noticed so many cars in front of us! They all stopped and we discovered why... The Leopard! There were two of them, relaxing in the shade from the burning afternoon sun.
Hello y'all!
After just one short night in the beautiful White House Lodge in White River, we woke up early to see the Chimpanzee Eden Sanctuary somewhere 15kms out of Nelspruit. I must say that monkeys in general and chimps specifically are my most favorite animals. So it was more than a dream coming true to visit the Jane Goodall institute.
The sanctuary is home to chimps that have been misplaced from their natural habitats in Africa. They have two large groups of chimps who they gave back a protected natural habitat. You can't touch the animals, but you can look at them and see how they live. The sanctuary is located in a beautiful nature reserve which makes it even more amazing! It was a fun day and I would really advise anyone who is going to South Africa to visit this beautiful sanctuary!
