Hoedspruit

Last Saturday we checked out the Hoedspruit area. It is the centre of the private game parks and where we are going to spend Samuel's 21st birthday in December. We were unable to stay at the lodge we have booked for Sam's birthday so instead tried the Khaya Ndlovu Lodge. It was very posh, a bit too upmarket for us but we made sure we enjoyed the luxury for the weekend.
They had three little meerkats and a baby bushbuck that played around the lodge, very cute! A water hole was just outside the electric fence. It was a great place to watch the animals come and drink.


Hoedspruit is close to the Drakensburg Mountains and the scenery is spectacular, so we had a slow drive home!

Ronel, manager of the lodge and her babies

Baboons drinking at the water hole

Jackal

Impala

Friendly little meerkats

About as cute as you can get!

Dinner on Saturday night. A braai in the boma with Italian newlyweds and a South African couple.

The amazing Drakensburg mountains plus some not so amazing buildings1

Bourkes Luck pot Holes. That is Andrew standing in the middle of the bridge in the black and grey top.