Monday, 20 October 2008

Majete Wildlife Reserve







Sarah's Mother is staying with us (for three months!) and her sister Annie is out for 10 days so we took them into the bush for the African experience. Majete is only 40 miles down the road and it didn't disappoint. We drove 80 miles around the park over two days and only saw one other car. It is true wilderness down there. The accommodation was rather luxurious, classic bush tents on a solid base with electricity and running water but we did cook all our food on a fire. Anyway, we had some thrilling moments up close with elephants in our own car with no guides to keep us safe. The adrenalin pumps when a six-ton wild animal challenges the Landcruiser to a duel from five paces! We saw loads of other animal too: Hippopotamus, crocodile, waterbuck, bushbuck, impala, warthog, zebra, banded mongoose, nyala, sable antelope etc

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