Students Of The Globe - A Family Travels The World: Safari Tour

We packed up our belongings, ate a quick breakfast, and started our drive towards the gate that we would exit Kruger Park out of. We saw many zebras, giraffes, and elephants along the way - many with their babies. A few miles before the gate we saw odd shaped animals in the distance, it took a few seconds before we realized that these were ostriches! So we went out with a bang and agreed that while we were all very happy with our safari experience, we could have spent another day or two in the park. All of the places that we have spent the night have been awesome and it would’ve been great to just relax a day and explore around the camp on our own a bit.

An ostrich - MUCH larger than we pictured!

We headed towards our next accommodations which completely wow-ed us as it was part of this conference and wedding resort that was sprawled out amid lush green grass, overlooking a river, and with a beautiful mountain in the distance (note that this whole week was planned for us by a Swazi tour company as we just didn't have time to do our own research when in Asia - so each day is a surprise to us and Sifiso as he had never been here either). All of the buildings had these awesome thatched roofs and the attention to detail was something you’d find all over Pintrest! Unfortunately it was raining and so we didn’t get to enjoy the grounds as much as we would’ve liked. We had ordered our meals ahead of time as that was the procedure, and we were given the option of having them prepared or not. We were a bit confused by all of this but when we arrived and saw the prepared dinner sitting on our counter, we realized what was meant. The workers went home at night but provided the food before they left. There was a grill with our place so we could’ve grilled our own meats, but since we asked for them prepared, they’d been cooked at some time prior to our arrival and were waiting for us on plates covered in Saranwrap and for us to reheat when we were ready to eat. This was a bit odd, but the place was so amazing, that it didn’t matter much. We had an enjoyable dinner of reheated foods and afterwards the guys played Monopoly Deal out on the porch.