We left early morning.

Once we eventually left the city we were able to see the sun rising over the highveld. The highveld used to be the African Savannah but now it is mostly farmland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highveld

We stopped half way for breakfast near Machadodorp at a wonderful little place called Milly’s Restaurant. This is in an area with rolling hills and lots of trout rivers.

If course there was trout on the menu. In more ways than one can imagine serving it!

We made it!

Kruger National Park. We are entering at the Crocodile River Gate. So exciting. And the first animal we see… A hippo!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_National_Park

Wheel + Chair ?Wheelchair!

On the way to our camp, where we will be staying for the night, we spotted quite a few animals. It was a good start!

In the picture are:

• Giraffe(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giraffe)
• Impala(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impala)
• Hornbill(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbill)
• Elephant(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_elephant)

We got to our Rest Camp called Onder Sabie and checked in.

We had two different kinds of acommodations at our Rest Camp. This was the ‘tent’ that our friends stayed in.

It was so cool that we nearly asked them to trade!

https://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger/camps/lower_sabie/

… until we saw the one they got us!

This wonderful cottage right on the bank of the Sabie river. They call these cottages ‘rondawels’ even though they are not round anymore!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondavel

After checking in we went for a short afternoon drive to Sunset Dam.

https://www.getaway.co.za/wildlife/animal-stories/favourite-spot-sunset-dam-kruger-national-park/

We came back the the Redt Camp and had sundowners on the deck.

What a magical time sitting there overlooking the Sabie River, watching the sun set. As the wide open African sky changes color you hear hippos grunt down in the river. A bird’s evening song gets carried through the clear air and a feeling of calm descends over everybody.

Once it got dark we went to our rondawel and for dinner we had a braai. A ‘braai’ is the african version of a BBQ, but uniquely South African.

Before bed we sat out on a bench overlooking the river and just listened to all the night sounds and watched the stars. More stars than one can imagine.

Just before sunrise we left camp to head out. One of the best times to see animals.

We stopped at a lookout blind and the quiet was deafening!

Africa.