Cactus Wanderer

Our days and nights.... Days begin early with a 5 AM wake up call or knock.  Of course, we are already up, needing at least 30 or 40 minutes to get ready for the wake up call. Coffee, tea and pastries are available at 5:30 but keep in mind that the only bathroom stops for the next four hours are in the bushes.....one half cup for me. The rangers collect us at 6:00 promptly and load us into the jeeps for a morning game drive until 9:00.  At around 8:00 there will be a scheduled coffee, hot chocolate, tea and muffin break.  All the boys flee into the bushes.  We, the dehydrated females, are happy to be left behind, although we are all packing toilet paper.  In my case, it was imported from Namibia. Then more driving.  We are supposed to be back at 9:00 but invariably Ricky manages some huge sighting of something and we end up returning late...so keep that in mind and don't drink too much coffee. Breakfast is from 9:00 to 10:00.  Then we are free until lunch begi

Our three days at Kapama Game Preserve...... Well, I thought that would get your attention.  This is a photo from our first morning game drive.  Gory details to follow but first a bit of back story. Tony shepherded us to the airport this morning.  Our group is the first to scatter.  To a person, I believe we have all been sick in one form or another.  Even last night, Tony announced  Well, you took down Johnny! So this morning we have a new bus driver, poor innocent lamb.  I feel like warning him...  It's not too late to escape.  Actually, I feel we are all so saturated with antibiotics that we are no longer contagious. No problems at the airport.  There were hugs and some goodbye smooches with Tony. We have a three hour flight on a turbo prop South African airline plane.  Since it is a domestic flight there is none of the dreaded bug bomb today.  We wait forever on the tarmac for catering before we can leave.  One interesting feature was the lavator