Safari Time

Wednesday morning half of the group went on a safari. A nicer mini bus picked us up and drove us two hours away to the wildlife reserve. It was a quiet drive the whole time. I think the three of us that went were happy to just sit and relax for a while. The safari camp was located on the reserve and it didn’t have any fences to keep the animals out of camp. The animals we saw roaming around camp were baboons and some smaller monkeys that were fast to jump and climb. The one night we were there Pam saw a hippo just outside our tent hut. I call it a tent hut because it was built like a hut with cement, fixed thatch roof, flushing toilet and shower. It was like a tent because all the windows were open. They had sturdy bug screens on them, but you could still hear all the noises outside. The loudest noise we heard was the hippos. You could hear them grunting and growling at each other all night. I even found a little froggy friend sitting in my sink that I wasn’t expecting to see. Gotta love nature. I think my favorite part was driving around on the reserve going all over in our 4X4 range rover. We went over and through many different things that I thought wasn’t possible. I think it’s a guy thing. We saw lots of impala, water bucks, baboons, and wart hogs roaming around. The coolest thing we saw was an elephant. It was neat to see it in its natural environment. He turned and looked at us giving us great photo opportunities, but he was considering whether or not if we were a threat. Thankfully he didn’t do anything but eat and walk away. We also took a boat safari. The boats they use look just like the ones on the jungle cruise at Disneyland. I thought that was pretty funny. On the boat cruise we saw crocodiles, lots of hippos, and even another elephant that had just finished getting some water. The safari was a nice little break away from our busy schedule.