søndag, januar 18, 2009

Safari in Hluhluwe!

For the first time during my stay here in South Africa I went on a trip outside Durban! I suggested for some of my friends to go away on a safari, and they thought it was a good idea. So on friday me and Njabulo went to the airport to rent a car. I was clever enough to forget my passport so we had to take on more trip, but finally we got a car; the first car ever to be in my name (huge step for me:p). And it was a really nice toyota as you can see on the picture.
Around 16.00 we, as in me, Njabulo, Nathalie, Clifford, Mbuso, and Yoliswa, started our journey by driving towards our destination Cliffords dads house, where we were going to stay over. After an unexpected long, but fun, journey we reached the house at 23.30 and we all were ready for a good night sleep.
As we woke up the following morning and I was looking out, I realized that we were really in the middle of nowhere, but it was nice with the mountains around there and the small society that they lived in. We took some pictures and said goodbye before we headed on the road again towards our main goal, the safari in Hluhluwe National Park. We got there and for R90 we could drive around in the park the whole day. And in the park we were all excited and jumped in the car whenever we saw a new animal. Even when we saw the regular animals we thought it was fun. At the end of the day we had seen giraffes, zebras, baboons, impalas, and warthogs, to mension some. But the most interesting animals we saw was the rhino and a cheetah. Those are two of the big five that I wanted to see so I'm almost half way through. The rhinos we had a clear view, but the cheetah was hidden in the bushes. Even so, it was amazing!
After spending many hours driving around in the park we headed straight back to Durban, which by the way took us just about 3 hours (just a hint of how unexpected the trip up was).
All in all we had a really great time and we are already planning a new trip, but this time to Soweto.. Intersting! We'll see..

God bless you all until next time and enjoy the pictures below:)

2 kommentarer:

Unknown sa...

Nice one Vidar. Did you slepp in a hut??? If not, you should try it next time!!!

Heritage Tours and Safaris sa...

A great place to safari too, hluhluwe game reserve the oldest reserve in Africa. A must see http://www.hluhluwegamereserve.com