Girls Day in the Botanical Gardens

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Today the lodge was very quiet, so Judy (The Tree Lodge manager) took a car full of staff from various departments out for the day. We went to two other nearby lodges- just to show the staff. This gave us a chance to compare the rooms and main lodge with our lodge. It was nice to see other lodges and learn from them and realise that some things we do better than other places.

We then went to the Madikwe Botanical Gardens. We had a little walk around the gardens- which are full of indigenous plants and flowers. The chefs had packed us a picnic lunch which we enjoyed in the shade. Soon after we started eating, a troop of Banded Mongoose arrived. They ran around our legs. We gave them a few crumbs and they continued their search for insects to eat.

After our picnic lunch, we had another walk around the gardens, then returned back to our lodge and went back to work.

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Photos

01 Green
Some of the luscious green plants.

02 Garden
Some of the plants in the garden.

03 Picnic
One of the picnic places in the garden.

04 Aloe
A close up of a red flowering aloe.

05 Different Heights
Red flowering aloes are all different heights.

06 Purple
Close up of purple flowers.

07 Wasps
Close up of wasps on the flowering aloe.

08 Aloes
Lots of red flowering aloes.

09 Yellow
A yellow flowering aloe.

10 More Aloes
Another view of the many aloes.

11 Sharp
This tree has many sharp thorns.

12 Aloe
Another type of aloe.

13 Mongoose
One of the mongooses that came to our picnic.

14 Cuddling
Two mongooses cuddling each other.

15 Mongoose
Another mongoose running around.

16 Searching
Mongooses looking around for insects to eat.

17 Still Searching
The mongooses still searching for insects to eat.

18 Succulent Garden
The succulent part of the botanical gardens.

19 Fluttering
A butterfly fluttering among the lavender.

20 Butterfly
Another butterfly sitting in the lavender.

21 Lavender
Another butterfly enjoying the lavender.

22 Different
A different variety of butterfly in the lavender.

23 Flower
A long flower from a succulent.

24 Hibiscus
A close up of a hibiscus flower.

25 The Girls
A group photo of the staff that went on the outing.