Left early for the Garden Route Game Lodge. The lodge is awesome. The students all stayed in small chalets next to the lodge. They are cool little cabins on a hill with private patios and excellent views of the game farm. Ronny and I had a nice room attached to the lodge, also very cool. After lunch, we packed up on drinks and headed out for our first game drive. The park is enormous and separated by electric fences with big dual gates. Driving from the lodge property and onto the farm through the gates reminded me of Jurassic Park. Our guide Jonathan was extremely good at maneuvering our Land Rover around the park, and very knowledgeable about the animals. We saw a couple giraffes, a family of rhinos (cute baby rhino that daddy wants to kill so he can mate with mommy again), several lions (two sisters and their mating male - dad!), and many wildebeest, buffalo, and springboek (cheetah food). As well as several birds and other animals I forget.
Jonathan picked some termites from a hill to feed the students. Apparently high in protein and very sweet. We watched the sunset and enjoyed cold beer along the route. The farm gets very cool in the valleys, especially after sunset. We huddled in blankets for the drive back. Had a nice dinner at the lodge and entertainment by a couple of youth dance troops. We met another study abroad group from a college in California. I had a night cap with their instructor. The CA students ran around the bar in togas, while mine settled in the lounge for a game of Mafia Sadly, no one at the lodge had fireworks to celebrate the 4th for us. However, they did have a roaring fire in the fireplace that burned a hole in the wooden mantle. I guess that counts ;) Slept very well.
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