Another long drive along the N2 to our home for the next three days – Amakhala Game Reserve. We arrived and were shown to our lodge ‘Giraffe’.

After a quick lunch we set off on our first safari drive. We had just set off and we saw a herd of 20+ elephants.

Further on we came across the male of the herd.

Then we saw a male giraffe who was quite shy then the female with her calf.

We saw lots of Monkeys.

Lenny, our driver and guide, even brought snacks and we stopped for a while.

It was getting cold and nearly time to return to the lodge when we came across a lion!

A bit scary but very exciting! We also saw a rhino, Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Warthog, jackal, Zebra, waterbuck …….

Too far away for photos but we had binoculars.

We arrived back at the Lodge very happy. The family we were with said it was the best of the 6 rides they had been on and that we were their lucky charm!