Geo: -24.7805, 26.2697This afternoon I went for a drive with Paul to Derdepoort Gate. He was picking up staff that were coming back from leave. The waterhole/wetlands area was very busy this afternoon. There were waterbuck, impalas, zebras, various birds and elephants swimming in the waterhole. The elephants were having a great time swimming and playing in the water. It was so cute to see them move quicker as they got closer to the water.A few minutes later along the road I was excited to spot a lioness. She was slowly walking into the bush. Ten minutes, just after we had past the airstrip, we came across a family of warthogs. It was fun to observe them. When we stopped to look at them, they stopped eating, looked at us with their tails straight up in ... read more

Geo: -24.6463, 28.6884This morning we got up at about 7am. Before going out for a drive we had a coffee with Amarula and some rusks. This morning we were going to the other side of the nature reserve. The strange thing with this game reserve is that to get to the other side, we had to exit at the gate and then enter again. The gate at the other side was locked with a combination padlock, we were given the code on check-in yesterday. The drive to the other side took us about twenty minutes. We entered this gate and walked towards the Croke Hide. This morning we saw many birds, butterflies and various dragonflies. The Croke Hide had also been burnt down by the bushfire. We then walked to the Dabchick Hide. This one had ... read more

Geo: -24.7805, 26.2697Late this afternoon Paul and I got in the Land Cruiser and parked the car in the middle of the wetlands. We sat here for about half an hour and observed the birds. In the waterhole there was a terrapin standing on a log, with its neck stretched out enjoying the sun. We also saw a yellow weaver and a Woodland Kingfisher.... read more

Geo: -24.911, 34.187I woke up early this morning and decided to drag Paul out of bed with me for a walk along the beach. There were only a few local people on the beach. We went for a swim - nice and refreshing. Even though it was early, it was still warm enough for a swim. On the way back to the chalet, we went via the restaurant/pool/bar area. We wanted to take lots of photos to send to the travel agent with our big long complaint about this place. After breakfast, we slowly packed up our things and started to put what we no longer needed in the car. Tomorrow morning we were going home and I didn't want to go back. I could easily stay here for another week. During the afternoon while Paul ... read more

Geo: -24.911, 34.187This morning we had a sleep in. We slept so well last night due to the sea breeze. The weather was disappointing this morning – grey, overcast and not very warm. In the afternoon, at low tide, Paul and I went for a walk along the beach. I was hoping to see some interesting sea life in the rock pools – but no such luck. Paul tried to catch a fish and was lucky enough to catch a garfish, which bit him when he was getting the hook out of its mouth.Finally the sun broke through the clouds and we enjoyed a nice blue sky. I got quite a bit more reading done this afternoon.... read more