Today we traveled from Joberg to our safari lodge. It took us about 5 hours to reach Graskop which is the small town we stopped at for lunch. The landscape is very similar to our Alberta prairie only they are growing Maze instead of wheat. South Africa is experiencing a drought right now so some of the crops are not doing very well and they are concerned about a food shortage as maze is their staple crop. Their other large industry is mining for gold and coal. They use coal to generate power so there are semi trucks full of coal travelling to generating stations through out this region.
and God’s Window which were all beautiful view points and sightseeing stops. We then headed to Hazyview and entered Kruger National Park at the Numbi gate.
Our safari lodge was just inside the gate. This was the lodge that had tents. Marty, Carol and Marcy from the Jersey Shore N.Y. were a little worried about the tents but when we arrived they were pleasantly surprised that they were very large raised structures with heavy canvas walls with large windows and attached bathrooms with indoor and outdoor showers.
Jersey (as we nicked named them) had never experienced an outdoor shower, Joyce and I were excited to once again shower in the open air.
We all freshened up and met for dinner which was in an outdoor area and was a traditional African Braai. We had a great young fellow as our waiter who kept our glasses full of wonderful pinotage. We got to know our travel mates and then headed to our tents as we had decided to do an extra safari with Piet as our guide using our van. Our scheduled safari was not until tomorrow afternoon.
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