Day one at Amakhala.

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After our long and tiring journey and our rather cold kip in Johannesburg airport, we finally arrived in port Elizabeth at our lodge. Its a converted railway station so it has huge ceilings and windows and everything is pretty basic.Two girls are already here and it's been good to ask them all about what they have been doing to give us an idea of what to expect! We set off out in the jeep to track down the lions using the telemetry, after an hour and no luck, Simon our mentor decided to call the ecologist to compare her telemetry to ours as he thought it was faulty. Either that or the lions collar is faulty. Yvonne's telemetry was not picking up and strong signal either, so we will try once more tomorrow and go from there. I am hoping that the lions collar is faulty, which could mean that the vet has to dart sedative and fit a new collar. Although we couldn't track the lions, we managed to see impalas, zebras, kudos, warthogs and we got an amazing view of a group of rhinos! And if that wasn't enough we tracked down a herd of elephants. First of all we came across two bulls (males) who were having a bit of a confrontation. The younger one then went on to come right up close to the jeep and I nearly pooped myself!! Sorry to state the obvious but they truly are enormous!We headed off and to everyone's surprise, a young bull roared and we drove past! We had found another group of young ones and full of attitude! On the way back, we got a look at the 5* Amakhala lodge where the two other girls get to stay tonight! I can't wait for our turn to be on the doorstep of the reserve with a balcony and pool! I am so overwhelmed by what iv seen already and it's only day one. I think a good sleep is needed to take it all in and recover from our long journey.

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Photos

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Kudos

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Ostrich

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Huge Male Black Wildebeest

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Zebra and Ostrich running side by side

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Bushmans River

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Herd of Rhinos