We left Graskop today and headed north back to God’s Window for a look here. The security guy was still about but no need to pay today so in we went and looked around to see the view. The view was great, although a little breeze at times but as usual the sun was out and it was all good.
We then called in at Mac Mac Falls and the Potholes – no nothing to do with disrepair of the road – these were rock formations that had been carved out by the water running along the creek / river and over the falls. the movement of the water had created little swirls in the rocks. Very nice to look at.
From here we basically hit the road all the way up to Sabie Sands and the Elephant Plains Lodge. The roads weren’t too bad and I think that while we didn’t get lost exactly, it did take a little longer than it perhaps should have. Having said that it may have had something to do with the last 25kms of road and the fact we were in a little Toyota Yaris that didn’t really handle the bumps in the gravel / dirt / sand road too well. There was also the massive speed humps on the tar road in the 80km zone too!
Estee hadn’t driven on gravel roads too much so that was an interesting feeling for her, especially when the sand arrived and it made the car move a round a little more than what she was used to. But she did well and got us to the lodge.
When we arrived, we looked at the accommodation and Estee was over the moon. Better than what she was expecting I think. The room – a rondavel – had a thatched roof and brick walls. and then the bathroom was really big. Huge. With a spa type bath and a big shower. Lots of room in the whole place.
Once unpacked we got lunch and that was great before we left to go out and see what wildlife we could shoot (with our camera). It was brilliant, we got to see all sorts of animals big and small.
Over the next three days we managed to see all sorts of things. There were Leopards, Impala, Hyena, Lions and of course Elephants as we were staying at Elephants Plains after all! And when we weren’t out hunting the animals were laying back keeping out of the heat or eating – what more could you want?
Estee took advantage of the health spa by getting a massage and she throughly enjoyed it. She came out of the place walking like a zombie before falling to sleep straight away. So that was Estee out of it until lunch time.
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