Category: Vacation
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Safari in South Africa
Animals in the Backyard Still inside Madikwe Game Reserve, we traveled in open air vehicles to our new accommodations, Tao Lodge. The dinning area was a deck that backed up to a man-made watering hole. …
Madikwe River Lodge
The safari is experienced in open Land Cruiser, and the guides know the savanna well. They track where the animals are and pull the Land Cruiser within viewing distance… so very close, it’s unnerving. As …
Mourning Elephants
Our most significant safari moment is not on video. During our first night on safari the guides took us to a dead elephant where female lions were feeding on it. Then we heard a loud …
South Africa Wineries
After a few days in Cape Town, we traveled east to Stellenbosch, the wine country. We went to 2 wine tastings and a rose garden lunch. Fairview is where I bought a couple bottles of …
Cape Penninsula, South Africa
Today is a free day for us in Cape Town, so Gregor rented a vehicle and our tour guide, Ian, to drive us south where the Atlantic and Indian oceans meet. The gang joined us …
Robben Island in South Africa
A short ferry ride from Cape Town, Robben Island is where Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner. Mandela was on Robben Island for 18 out of his 27 years of imprisonment. The prison closed in …
Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Table Mountain elevation: 3,558′. We rode the cable cars to the top to toast the sunset and do acro-yoga. Dinner at the Warf, downtown Cape Town
Cape Town and Camps Bay
After a day in Johannesburg, the group boarded a plane to Cape Town, where we spend the rest of the week exploring. Cape Town was experiencing the worst drought in 125 years. Water was shut …