SA, part 2

After E G Reserve the guys and my sis went on to mountain camp to hunt some more. My mom, L's mom and L's lil sis, K, all went to Oceana Wildlife Reserve. OH MY is was AMAZING. One of the most gorgeous places I've ever been in my life. It is outside of Port Alfred, a very cute town on the Indian Ocean. Oceana is just breathtaking. It is on the Indian Ocean, set up on a hill. Everything overlooks the land, beach and the ocean. The staff there is also amazing. We got massages, pedicures and manicures. We took a LONG walk on the beach, which goes on and on, and we never saw a soul. We took game drives and had sundowners (which is a stop right at sunset with appetizers and drinks) This is looking from the spa towards the main dining area and pool.

We stayed in the 3 bedroom house on the property. This is the upstairs living area.

The awesome pool. The bottom part was a shallow pool and then up above the waterfall was the main pool area that was deeper. It was too cold for us to swim but it was still very pretty. Oh the weather. We went in June and that is the begining of winter in SA. It was cold, but not freezing. On game drives we did need a scarf, beanine and jacket, but there were some days that t-shirt and jeans were just fine.

This is the fitness center overlooking the amazing ocean.

The beach was spectacular. It is huge. There is big sand dunes that you have to get over before you get to the ocean. It is so so so so pretty.

From where we were standing it takes about 10 minutes to walk to the water. That is how big it is. It was very deceiving. We were like Oh yeah a walk on the beach no biggie! Well when we saw this we though differently!

This isn't a very good pic, but this is sundowners. There is a little tray that pops up on the front of the vehicle and that's were all of the snacks and drinks go. It was so cool to be standing out in the bush just snacking and watching the sunset. All of the food here was also amazing. K was so excited because they had hot dogs and french fries! She was glad to have some American food!! =) The last day we were there we were suppose to meet the guys at the next camp and they surprised us and met us at Oceana for lunch. I was so glad that they did that because I wanted all of them to see Oceana. It is just such an amazing place.

K with the gorgeous sunset
AMAZING giraffes. They let us get so close to them. It was so cool. They'd just look at us and then go right back to eating.
Zebra family
This is at the elephant park. We got to ride the elephants and then feed then. It was fun to do, but the guys didn't enjoy it as much. It's not the most comfortable ride! But to be able to touch them and be that close to such huge creatures is so amazing.