Kapama Game Lodge, Hoedspruit, South Africa
Our game drive was at 6 am. We headed over to the reception area, grabbed some coffee and boarded our jeep. The sun was just starting to rise.
We spent three hours driving through the game preserve,
The weather was on the cooler side and the sky was cloudy. We did see many big game animals. I asked our driver, TK, why the lions didn’t see us as lunch. She said that we are not recognized as food as they have never tasted human blood. The lions just laid there and we were about 6 feet away. If we were on the ground it would be a different story she said. They would attack or run.
The elephants were a bit different. They are herbivores and don’t see us as a meal but they are so large and could easily trample us to death.
At 9am we went back to the lodge and had breakfast. Terri and I had a massage at 10 am. It is good to keep old parts moving.
The afternoon drive was at 4pm and we again pulled over for drinks and snacks and watched the stars come out.
We went back to the lodge and had dinner. The food was very good. The food service could be a little better. Many of the drivers and guides double as waiters. Probably not a good combination.
Tomorrow our game drive ends early. Our breakfast will be at 8:30 and at 9 we leave for the airport. We have a chartered Cessna flight to the Kruger Shalati train on the bridge.…