South Africa Adventure – Day 7

Masambene! That means let’s move. Our guide Craig says this word quite often but i thoguht it was most appropriate today since it’s finally time to move to our last location and go on Safari! This morning we were up bright and early to say good bye to Knysna and head back to the George airport to fly to Kapama Game reserve. When we arrived it finally felt like we were in the Africa I had pictured. The airport was pretty much a runway and a small building. We walked out the back door to find our wheels for the next few days waiting for us. These open air jeeps would be what we will be riding in for the next few mornings and evenings as we search for all the animals we can find. The ride from the airport into the game reserve and up to the lodge was almost like a mini safari. Within seconds we made our first sighting and it was a kudu. Our excitement got the best of us and we did let a couple squeals which scared it off pretty quick. We did learn that from here on out we need to keep quiet so as not to frighten the animals.
We arrived at the River Lodge fueled up with some lunch and then found our rooms. After a quick cool down it was time to head out for our first real safari. It was almost sunset so the heat from earlier had subsided and ride was very comfortable. We were able to spot quite a few animals and some even got very close to our jeep. We saw giraffes, zebras, cape buffalo, hippos, warthogs , hornbills, and a few I already forgot. I have taken a picture of each animal we find but I guess I better start writing these down as we see them tomorrow. After a few hours of the game drive we found ourselves pulling up to a nice bon fire where tables were all set for up to have dinner right there out on the game preserve! Dinner was a braai (pronounced bry), which is Afrikaans for barbecue. It was amazing to be eating out on the preserve and looking up to see all the stars. Of course a dinner by a bon fire would not be complete without smores!
Now it is off to sleep so we can get a nice early start at 6 am tomorrow to see what other animals we can find!
PS – The internet out here on the preserve is very very slow so you might have to wait until I get back to civilization in a few days to see photos added. I will try getting at least one or 2 here now but will add more later.