Buffalo at last

We have not seen the elusive buffalo yet, so on this morning's game drive we tasked Jerome our driver and tracker to find them buffalo. Angie and Gary were sure that there was buffalo here last time they were here. I said that it must have been cardboard cut-outs as we saw no evidence of them. Finally after a long time Jerome found buffalo spoor and eventually he tracked a small herd down. There was 13 buffalo with their young calves. So here is the proof that there are buffalo at M'Kepi. Oh yes in trying to track down the buffalo we saw a rare Duiker, bonus. But we did not get to see a Leopard.

A break in the Weather

The clouds have started to lift which means game drives. Jerome our driver and tracker did a wonderful job of catching up on the lost time yesterday. We saw Blue Wildebeest, Impala, Gemsbok, Giraffe, Kudu, Mountain Reedbuck, Ostrich, Red Hartebeest, Warthog, Waterbuck, White Rhino, and Zebra. Many babies were seen which means that it has been a bumper wet season. In today's photo we have Jerome, Carol, Hayley, Matthew, Angie, Gary and Braelyn. We ended the day under the stars in the boma around the campfire having a wonderful bushveld braai.

M'Kepi

The rain has set in so that means no game drives unless you love getting wet on top of an open game viewing vehicle. But that does not mean you could not have fun. We went for quite a long walk in the break of the weather and we also visited the two baby orphaned rhinos whose mothers were killed by poachers. Okay more about where we staying. Tambotie Lodge is the luxury lodge of the three types of accommodation available at M'Kepi. Camelthorn Cottage is the rustic getaway and Maroela Camp is the basic boma for hunters. See the website for more information. Oh yes just one thing there is no cellphone coverage in the valley which means no internet, no blogger, no twitter and no news of the outside world. Peace and tranquil bushveld life.

Bosveld Toe!

We left Johannesburg at 11am for Tambotie Lodge in the private game conservancy of M'Kepi nestled in the Kransberg valley outside Thabazimbi. After a four hour journey over a very potholed road we happily arrived at the lodge nestled among Tambotie trees. After settling in we took a little walk around to get our bearings remembering not to walk alone due to the leopards and rhinos. We saw Dwarf Mongooses, Impala, Nyala, Zebra and a White Rhino. No Leopard thank goodness as it was getting dark.