Today we depart Malamala for Mashatu. Over the past three days, we've been enjoying terrific game drives. We started our visit with an afternoon drive, from 3 to 7pm, followed by dinner. Dinner was in a traditional 'boma' style, around a camp fire. The fire was complemented by a four course dinner on fine china.
Our days started with a breakfast at 7am and a game drive from 8 to 12noon. We returned for a three hour lunch break and then the afternoon game drive commenced. Grant, our ranger for our visit, was a terrific guide - knowledgeable about all game, birds, trees and flowers. Each day we were able to see animals in their natural habitat - sometimes just a few feet away from our Land Rover. The list of animals is too large to start describing.
At times, just to be a passenger in the Land Rover was a treat. Grant would take us through rivers, dry creek beds or cross county in pursuit of game. The lack of a trail or dirt road did not stop our travels. But I also noticed that Grant would try to follow previous tire tracks wherever possible to avoid scarring the land. He would also stop to pick up any discarded material that caught his eye as we moved through the Malamala private property. Speaking of eyes, we were particularly impressed at Grant's ability to identify an animal or bird that we could see only as we drove much closer.
We have hundreds of photos from which to share. I'll probably wait until I have more time to post some of them on this blog.
Our days started with a breakfast at 7am and a game drive from 8 to 12noon. We returned for a three hour lunch break and then the afternoon game drive commenced. Grant, our ranger for our visit, was a terrific guide - knowledgeable about all game, birds, trees and flowers. Each day we were able to see animals in their natural habitat - sometimes just a few feet away from our Land Rover. The list of animals is too large to start describing.
At times, just to be a passenger in the Land Rover was a treat. Grant would take us through rivers, dry creek beds or cross county in pursuit of game. The lack of a trail or dirt road did not stop our travels. But I also noticed that Grant would try to follow previous tire tracks wherever possible to avoid scarring the land. He would also stop to pick up any discarded material that caught his eye as we moved through the Malamala private property. Speaking of eyes, we were particularly impressed at Grant's ability to identify an animal or bird that we could see only as we drove much closer.
We have hundreds of photos from which to share. I'll probably wait until I have more time to post some of them on this blog.
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