Today was a bit of a waste as we spent the entire day traveling.
We flew from Livingstone, Zambia to Nelspruit in Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is our 9th "airport" on the trip. I'm using quotes since 2 of them were just dirt strips in the middle of Okavango Delta.
Nelspruit is the nicest airport we've been to. This is the sink in the bathroom
After landing, we had a 2 hour drive to Kirkman's Kamp in Sabi Sands. We arrived in Kirkman's just in time for dinner. This camp is similar to the tented camp in Botswana except that we have extremely nice cottages as opposed to extremely nice tents. Both camps are run by &Beyond.
Our first impression of Sabi Sands is that it is a lot like Disney World. There's a huge fence around both Sabi Sands and Kruger National Park designed to keep the animals in and the poachers out. The roads are dirt but smooth enough that we arrived in a Toyota SUV instead of a bush vehicle like in Botswana.
I'm not really complaining about the Disney-like feel. If it promotes responsible tourism and keeps the animals safe then I'm a supporter.
It's dark now so I'll post pictures of the cottages and camp tomorrow. Satellite internet access again so uploading pictures will be difficult.
The food is exceptional. Dinner was risotto, beef with peppercorn sauce and apple crumble
We flew from Livingstone, Zambia to Nelspruit in Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is our 9th "airport" on the trip. I'm using quotes since 2 of them were just dirt strips in the middle of Okavango Delta.
Nelspruit is the nicest airport we've been to. This is the sink in the bathroom
After landing, we had a 2 hour drive to Kirkman's Kamp in Sabi Sands. We arrived in Kirkman's just in time for dinner. This camp is similar to the tented camp in Botswana except that we have extremely nice cottages as opposed to extremely nice tents. Both camps are run by &Beyond.
Our first impression of Sabi Sands is that it is a lot like Disney World. There's a huge fence around both Sabi Sands and Kruger National Park designed to keep the animals in and the poachers out. The roads are dirt but smooth enough that we arrived in a Toyota SUV instead of a bush vehicle like in Botswana.
I'm not really complaining about the Disney-like feel. If it promotes responsible tourism and keeps the animals safe then I'm a supporter.
It's dark now so I'll post pictures of the cottages and camp tomorrow. Satellite internet access again so uploading pictures will be difficult.
The food is exceptional. Dinner was risotto, beef with peppercorn sauce and apple crumble
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