September 1, 2014
Everyone has settled in well and is making lots of new friends from across the world! The Summit is located in the middle of the iMfolozi Game Reserve and based around a huge geodesic dome. They are sleeping in tents that hold 10 people on foam mattresses. The camp is...
August 10, 2014
DAY TEN:
The last day of our adventure we travelled to Thula Thula Reserve, where were introduced to the owner Francoise, Lawrence Anthony's late wife. Lawrence Anthony was an international conservationist and the writer of the book the Elephant Whisperer, another high...
August 9, 2014
DAY NINE:
So today was a day Ingrid and I were really looking forward to. Through Pete's contacts we were given the opportunity to visit a rhino orphanage. As this is a high security area, general public don't normally have this opportunity. This is where baby rhino ca...
August 8, 2014
DAY EIGHT:
We headed out at 6am to do a drive through the Hluhluwe - iMfolozi game reserve. This trip was a bit quieter than other game drives we have been on but we saw many magnificent birds such birchalls coucal, fiery night jars and eagles. Then whilst attending to...
August 7, 2014
DAY SEVEN:
This morning we sadly leave Tempe camp and head to ZAP Wing, the Zululand Anti Poaching Wing. This is a highly important organisation which deals with monitoring rhino poachers. This is a project that Imake a Difference supports. Imake a Difference pays Etti...
August 6, 2014
DAY SIX:
Today was an early start; we left the camp at 6am to go to Tempe Elephant Park. Unfortunately our safari ute had problems with the clutch and the starter motor so we had to borrow Andrew’s 4x4 to do the morning drive while our open top ute got fixed.
The mornin...
August 4, 2014
DAY FIVE
Wow what a night, guess what we had walking through our camp? At 3am Stew and Chloe heard leopard calls from the top of the hill and then another call getting closer to us, soon realising that they were going to walk right through our camp. After they had pass...
August 3, 2014
DAY FOUR:
Today was a very eye opening experience, we went to Mthwazi Combined School to judge the Rhino Art Competition, watch the students perform a Zulu dance and be entertained by a very talented band singing songs in Zulu. The Rhino Art competition involves all the...
August 2, 2014
DAY THREE:
The first night within the Somhkanda Reserve was an interesting experience. I was a newbie camper and drank too much and desperately needed to get up in the night. Being an open campsite with no fence line, it became a bit of an issue when I needed to get up...
August 1, 2014
DAY TWO:
The next day we got up at dawn and went to check out the sea. Amazing orangey yellow sand with large waves crashing on the shore. Great surfing beach and also obviously a prime fishing spot as there were many fisherman standing on the rocks with their lines ou...
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September 1, 2014