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Leaving Cape Town for the drive to Sanbona
Reserve
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The drive took us northeast through the
mountains
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Then through the huge grape growing region
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Grapes are grown both for fruit and for
wine
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Note the old stone fort on top
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We stopped in the town of Malmere which
has interesting Dutch style houses
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Grape Vineyards
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Entrance to Sanbona Reserve
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Map of Sanbona - over 54,000 hectares of
land
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Road to our camp
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On the way we saw a herd of Oryx
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We chased some Ostrich out of the way
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Welcome to Dwyka Tented Camp
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Campsite had 9 tented accomodations
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Entrance to "tent"
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Our Luxurious Bed
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Vanity with a view
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Shower and tub look out through sliding
doors to hillside
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Shower area
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Each tent had its own dipping pool
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Outside shower
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Ready for our first safari drive
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Poisonous Milkweed Grasshopper
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Grey Heron
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Young Male Elephant
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Female Lions
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Including 2 albino lions
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Time for a Sundowner
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We watched as a hippopotamus watches us
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Then he decides to come out of the water
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To see a short video of the hippo's antics,
please click on Hippo
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Ready for the early morning (5:30 am) game
drive
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A Lion feasts on their evening kill of an
Oryx
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Napping after her chance at the feast
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A welcome stop for coffee, tea and hot chocolate
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Herd of Springbok
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Herd of Eland
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We were very lucky to see a Cheetah beside
the road
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Lunch time
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Delicious native fish fry
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Patio outside main dining area
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Time for our late afternoon safari
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Rhinocerous in the middle of the road
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Giraffe munches on an acacia bush
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Herd of Female Elephants with their babies
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Herd of Springbok
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Two Rhinocerous feeding
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Baby Rhino and his mother
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What is this lion looking at?
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Ah! She's keeping an eye on the hippo
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Reinforcements
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Another morning coffee break
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Eland
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Rhino
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One of only a few Zebra
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Baboons by the pond
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Baboons on the hillside
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Saying goodbye to our beautiful safari home
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Return through the vineyards
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Our group stops by the "Donkey Parking"
Sign
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Back through the mountains
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View of the outskierts of Cape Town from the Mountains
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Statue of Nelson Mandela in front of prison
where he was released
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Inscription on statue with quote from Mandela
upon his release
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Return to Cape Town
To learn more about our Safari at Sanbona go to the Safari
Newsletter. To learn about the rest of our stay in Cape Town,
go to Cape Town Newsletter. Or
go to the Cape Town Photo Gallery.
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