Sunday, November 1, 2009

South Africa June 2009

Our families went on a hunting/family trip to South Africa in June. We stayed at the EG Reserve in the Eastern Cape of SA. The first placed we stayed was S P on the Eproperty. The closet town was Grahamstown. It is a small, old town. It had some very cute little shops and a gorgeous cathedral. While we were staying at S P the guys and M (my sis) hunted and my mom, D (L's mom), K and I got massages one day, went on a SUPER long walk, which was crazy to be walking and seeing these wild animals everywhere. We went to Grahamstown and to Port Elizabeth to shop. PE is the town we flew into to get to S P. There are some SUPER cute shops there and we ate lunch at a great little cafe. One day while at SP we went to do an elephant ride. Besides the day we went to see the elephants the guys hunted everyday while we were there. The service at all of the E Properties was absolutely amazing. The food was wonderful. The wait staff and cooks were just as great. They were so kind and attentive. We ate what the guys and my sis killed that day. Which was fun to be able to try so many different kinds of meat. The desserts were wonderful too. The staff was great. The hostess were just wonderful. They took us girls on our walk and on our game drive. We had so much fun with them. The PH's (pro hunters) were fun too. They guys and my sis had a great time with them. They are so attentive to what they wanted to hunt and very accommodating. The whole trip was just amazing, but being cared for in this matter just made it so much better.
The Cathedral in Grahamstown
Warthog Wallow is an outdoor eating area by the pool.
The Rhino Bar

This is the Rhino Bar. This is where the TV is along with a bar, a huge fireplace and an outdoor area with a fire pit and a dining area.


This is my mom and L's mom sitting out by Warthog Wallow bird watching. . At S Pthere were 3 chalets (which are in the background of this pic) Then there is a main house with 2 bedrooms, a bar and an eating area.


This is L and I's room at S P. We were there for our 5 year anniversary and the girls that work there put rose petals in the room and some champagne. It was super sweet.

This is on a game drive. The two rhinos and the cape buffalo in the background. Seeing these animals in real life, in their natural atmosphere was just amazing.

Beautiful rhinos. It was amazing to be able to just sit in the ranger and watch these animals.

A mountain zebra




A Sable


This is a type of Aloe plant that was blooming, these were everywhere.

This is the first of 5 places that we stayed while we were in SA. I plan on adding each place we stayed in and a review of them soon!

Enjoy

M

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