We drove about 45 minutes to the Kichaka Game Lodge and we were totally impressed with the beautiful landscape on our way there. The first thing we saw as we entered the main lodge was this hippo just walking around in the backyard. We were so excited!
They feed us a beautiful lunch and then we went to go check out our bungalows!
Kell and I were so excited we documented each step of the way with photos. This was the walk-way to Milkwood (our cabin.)
Here's Kell at the door, we were super excited to find out what was waiting for us inside!
Each bungalow had sliding doors that would open the whole corner of the room out the the private deck with our own plunge pool. The rooms were beautiful and the giant tub was awesome to soak in after a long cold drive.
We were finally able to go on our first game drive. They were almost like being on the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland but in real life! The first large animals we saw were three giraffe. They were beautiful and graceful animals. I think I could watch them for hours!
This big guy had really dark spots and I think I liked him the most of all the giraffe we saw because he had been attacked by the lions a while ago and had scars all down his legs. I think they gave him character and he reminded me of my good friend Kell who also has a scar leg!
After we left the giraffe, we went in search of the elephants! These were amazing creatures. We didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with them since it was getting dark and they were heading into the bush, but what we did get to see was amazing.
We saw a couple of warthogs that night and then as we got back to the lodge and they started to show us the dinner menu we realized that we had a choice of steak or warthog. When in Rome, right? It was actually quite good, it tasted pretty much a pork chop. Yummy!
This was what we got to come home to, the lights leading us to the main lodge where people were waiting to give us hot chocolate and the fireplaces were roaring!
We ate a late dinner and then headed back to our rooms for a good nights sleep, only to get our wake-up call at 5:30 the next morning for the morning game drive. This time were in on a mission to see more of the big 5!
We ate a late dinner and then headed back to our rooms for a good nights sleep, only to get our wake-up call at 5:30 the next morning for the morning game drive. This time were in on a mission to see more of the big 5!
Saturday night we had a Gala dinner where the colors were black and magenta. We had such a great trip with the other girls from Utah.
Sunday night after two long days at the convention we went to a really nice steak place called "The Butcher Shop." I got a full steak dinner with the works for $15 we could not believe the prices for food other there. It was unbelieveably cheap. Then we took a few pics with all the stuffed animals they had, Kell with the warthog and me with a hippo. So fun!
Although we had a great meal, we were almost too excited to enjoy it. We had to get up the next morning at 4:30 to get to the airport on time for our flight to Port Elizabeth to go on Safari!
When we returned to our hotel we went shopping at Nelson Mandela Mall. It was pretty high end but we did get to take our picture with this giant statue of the man himself.
