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  • South Africa Safari Trip

    Making use of the 50% Krisflyer discounts, we decided to once again visit South Africa for safari for two weeks.

    Having already been to Kruger National Park (highly recommended), Cape Town as well as Botswana in previous years, we wanted a different experience this year.

    A consultation with our favourite South African travel company resulted in a diverse an interesting itiniery :

    1. Pilansberg National Park - Ivory Tree Game Lodge (2 nights)
    2. Sun City - Palace of The Lost City (2 nights)
    3. Waterberg Biosphere - Nungubane Game Lodge
    4. Sabi Sands - Simambili Game Lodge
    5. Swaziland - Foreste's Arms Country Hotel
    6. Ithala Game Reserve - Ntshondwe Restcamp
    7. Hluhluwe/Imfolzi Game Reserve - Hilltop Restcamp
    8. St Lucia - St Lucia Wetlands Guest House
    9. Johannesburg - Emperors Palace : Grand D'Oreale

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    Flight from SIN - JNB in Y for 27,500 miles return was full and uneventful. Flight leaves at 2am, so it is a rather tiring one. Food was OK, service very friendly and as a TPP I was welcomed, served food first and checked on regularly

    Arrived in JNB together with 5 other flights from Europe meaning immigration queues were long. The airport has seen a lot of renovation prior to the 2010 World Cup and is looking quite nice.

    From JNB our driver took us on the 2.5 hour drive to Pilansberg park where we stayed at the Ivory Tree Lodge.

    Lodge was big and busy but rooms were nice and game viewing was quite good. Saw lions, rhino, giraffe, zebra and various small animals. We were also very lucky to see a caracal (lynx), aardwolf (not an aardvark) and an African Wild Cat all within 20 minutes of one another. These are all very rare.

    Took the following fluke shot of a Lilac Breasted Roller

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    After two nights there it was a short trip to Sun City where we stayed at the Palace of The Lost City for 2 nights. Hotel is fantastic. Service was OK. However, Sun City was a bit tacky and 2 nights were definately enough.

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    From Sun City it was a 4 hour ride to the Waterberg Biosphere. Stayed at the most gorgeous lodge called Nungubane for 2 nights. Perfect in every way. Game viewing was great. Saw a lot of lions, including this little fella ...

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    After 3 great days it was a long long long drive to Sabi Sands and the Simbambili Game Lodge. Sabi Sands is probably known as the best game viewing area in South Africa and Simbambili one of the best lodges. Neither disappointed and we saw all "Big 5" (lion, rhino, elephant, buffalo and leopard) all in one day.

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    Part 2 to follow

  • #2
    Hi barbene. Your pictures need to be uploaded onto a site like imageshack.us or photobucket as your the only one who can currently see the pics cos they're on your computer!

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    • #3
      Just imagine if we had access to your D: drive, what other stuff we might find...

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      • #4
        Haha indeed. How do I add in the photos ??? Anyone ??? Help, please ???

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        • #5
          http://www.sqtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=303
          HUGE AL

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          • #6
            Originally posted by barbene View Post
            Haha indeed. How do I add in the photos ??? Anyone ??? Help, please ???
            Hi! When your are in the reply thread, look for the icon where there is a mountain pic with a small tiny square box on the top right hand and click it and insert your direct link photo's website. Your photos will then be uploaded into it.

            Looking forward for your pic

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            • #7
              Oh no, where are the pictures!?

              Hope you can work out how to upload them!

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