South Africa: Simbambili Lodge, Day 1
We weren’t actually at Kruger, but in the adjoining Sabi Sands Game Reserve. The private lodges have concessions in the reserve, and they have a lo more freedom to go off-road and get closer to the animals than in the National Park. (Check out the Feb 13 entry to see how close; there’s a picture of Doc, the tracker in front of our Land Rover, with an elephant behind him.)
When we arrived at Simbambili, we were introduced to our ‘butler’, Reinas, and our ranger and tracker, Matt and Doctor. We had lunch, time to rest, then went on the evening game drive – each day after that we were woken up at 5AM for the morning drive, had breakfast, then hung out in our room, resting, using our private (!) plunge pool or reading until lunch at 2 and the evening game drive at 4. Dinner was at about 8, and the food was amazing.
Feb 10:
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