I have just returned from an incredible 11 day safari! There are three safari camps I visited on my expeditio
n. Sossusvlie Mountain Lodge in Namibia, Phinda Mountain Lodge and Kirkman's Kamp in South Africa.My first destination at Sossusvlie Mountain Lodge is in the Namib Desert. It is known as one of the oldest, driest and most pristine deserts on Earth. It is the largest private nature reserve in Southern Africa where you can experience seeing the highest sand dunes in the world!
When I first arrived I was so captivated by the beauty it was so quiet it was eerie. The colors of the desert are vibrant
orange, yellow and pinks that just went on and on forever it was unbelievable! The first morning we drove through and saw all of the famous sand dunes and ended at Sossusvlie where we hiked the sand dunes barefoot to Deadvlie. We were the first people to arrive and I was lucky enough to take some great shots with the bare desert.I went on several game drives with my Game Ranger Vitalis we saw the following game.
Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbok, Baboon, Leppet Faced vulture, Giraffe, Ostrich, Bat eared fox and we were lucky enough to see a Leopard it is very rare in this area!
Mountain Zebra, Oryx, Springbok, Baboon, Leppet Faced vulture, Giraffe, Ostrich, Bat eared fox and we were lucky enough to see a Leopard it is very rare in this area!
My second destination was at Phinda Mountain Lodge another private game reserve. Phinda means "the return" in Zulu, they relocated a
ll of the animals back to this area that were previously kicked out or killed by people. Now the animals are back to their natural habitat and they are protected at this game reserve hence "the return." ....awesome and a success! The landscape is a made up of grassland, wetland, mountain ranges, rivers this was definitely the bush!
ll of the animals back to this area that were previously kicked out or killed by people. Now the animals are back to their natural habitat and they are protected at this game reserve hence "the return." ....awesome and a success! The landscape is a made up of grassland, wetland, mountain ranges, rivers this was definitely the bush! 
We went out on game drives every morning from 4:30am-9:30am and every evening from 5pm-8:30pm. One day my game ranger and I went out for the entire day and we had the best cheetah sighting ever. It was a mom with her 4 cubs. They were climbing trees, fighting off warthogs, chasing kudu it was amazing! Andrew (game ranger) said that he had never seen them so active for such a long period of time. I think I got lucky again! We saw several elephant, lions, white and black rhino, impala, burchell's zebra, nyala, warthogs, cape buffalo. There is over 800 species of bird in 
South Africa so there was a new bird every time we saw one, crazy!
The last destination was at Kirkman's Kamp in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve located on the southwestern corner of Kruger National Park. Here we saw the Big Five Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Elephant, Cape Buffalo! My favorite experience at this reserve was our leopard sighting. Malcom (game ranger) and I saw him all three days I was visiting. Once you find something you stick with it or you might not see it again. Malcom witnessed this leopard trying to fight off four lioness's for a kill the week before I arrived and the leopard was clawed in the eye.
One of his eyes is green and his injured eye is blue. My favorite photos of this entire trip were of this leopard. He had many battle wounds and he was beautiful.
The safari company I am using is called CCAfrica (conservation corporation Africa) www.ccafrica.com their focus is all about the care of the land, wildlife and people. A portion of what guests pay goes towards this focus.
I will be leaving for Botswana on the Dec. 20th, thanks for reading I will be in touch!
South Africa so there was a new bird every time we saw one, crazy!The last destination was at Kirkman's Kamp in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve located on the southwestern corner of Kruger National Park. Here we saw the Big Five Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Elephant, Cape Buffalo! My favorite experience at this reserve was our leopard sighting. Malcom (game ranger) and I saw him all three days I was visiting. Once you find something you stick with it or you might not see it again. Malcom witnessed this leopard trying to fight off four lioness's for a kill the week before I arrived and the leopard was clawed in the eye.
One of his eyes is green and his injured eye is blue. My favorite photos of this entire trip were of this leopard. He had many battle wounds and he was beautiful.The safari company I am using is called CCAfrica (conservation corporation Africa) www.ccafrica.com their focus is all about the care of the land, wildlife and people. A portion of what guests pay goes towards this focus.
I will be leaving for Botswana on the Dec. 20th, thanks for reading I will be in touch!
