This was our first trip to Africa and our first safari. As I mentioned yesterday in this post, the aha Makalali has 26000 hectares of bushveld with many free-roaming animals. While it was not precisely Kruger National Park or one of the larger reserves like Timbavati, we felt it was perfect for a safari novice …
Our South Africa journey consisted of three parts: the safari, the coast, and the city. We spent a total of 10 days, about evenly split between the three. Instead of writing about each day, I will just write about each portion, which makes better sense.
Last January, I heard a podcast on Amateur Traveler about a Botswana safari and knew that we had to make that the theme for our next vacation. While I was trying to arrange that trip, it became clear that we did not have the budget to go proceed with that safari. Besides the safari provider …