Krueger National Park

George’s parents have a time sharing business so we were allowed to stay at this lodge for 4 days. But since we came a day late we were there only for 3 days. The ride from Coffee Bay to Komatipoort took us 20 hours. The Swiss guy without a driving license in the back and the South African and New Zealander sharing the burden of driving through the RSA. During the night we ended up on really small roads with owls instead of tarmac. At 2 o’clock in the night we arrived and checked into the wonderful bungalow with air-condition, modern kitchen, braai place and with direct view of the Krueger Park. Rhinos, elephants and impalas showed up to drink.

We drank goon and ate as good as possible. The black people who work there live outside the lodge in a compound. We brought wine and love and they thanked us with their best hospitality. They even played us some songs with there funny instruments made out of plastic bottles and wood.

The phantom like two young American girls we never met and the rest of the people who hang out there are middle aged or older, mostly white but also some black people. George who has been in England for the last few years couldn’t believe how much South Africa has changed in recent years. He had never seen black people playing tennis in a posh place like that. He liked it a lot.

The next day we went into Krueger NP. George has been there about 30 times before. He knows it very well and was good at spotting. Once again I saw the Big Five with the exception of the leopard. I am staring to doubt that this animal actually exists. Krueger is nice, but I still think that the savanna National Parks of East Africa are in a different league. The bush of South Africa allows you to see 20 meter in both directions, while in the Masai Mara you can see a kilometer. You just constantly pass game without seeing it.

The next day we were of to Mozambique.