YAY Safari day!!!We headed off on a two and a half hour drive to Aquila Game Reserve and stopped at the Language Monument for lunch and pictures. We also received our grades for our time at Rocklands Camp. Meganne and I received a group grade of a 94, which is great. However, while at the monument and eating lunch we heard that others had received 98's. We both felt that the groups that received these high grades did not do as much or put forth as much effort as we had. But life's not fair I guess, oh well.
Champagne was waiting for us as we got off the bus and arrived at Aquila. We then went to our cottages, two people in each. The cottage was adorable, two full beds, built in closet, fireplace, rock bath, and outside rock shower. At four o'clock we went on the first drive, the jeeps were awesome, felt like a roller coaster at times because it was so high up. We saw Water Buffalo, Hippos, Rhinos; Springbok, Zebra, Giraffe's, Lions, Jekels, and Ostrich's. We pulled into a big patch of dirt and waited for the other two trucks, the drivers then pulled out a cooler and trays of snacks. We all ate and drank in the middle of the reserve, it was amazing, there were mountains all around and the sun on one side, moon on the other.
The 7pm dinner buffet was the best! I was so sick of the chicken patties at Wellwood, this was a nice relief. One aggravating part of the day was that they told us due to the World Cup, they were not doing ATV or Horseback riding! They changed their mind and then said only six could go horseback riding. Many of us were not told of this, including myself. We'll see how tomorrow goes.
No comments:
Post a Comment