Three and a half days in this glorious city was never going to be enough.  The weather was perfect, warm, clear skies and no rain enabling us to do all the things on our bucket list. First stop was breakfast at the Biscuit Mill in Woodstock were a Saturday market...

The past week on safari was so special and the days flew by. Up before sunrise every day and in bed by 9pm and dreaming of yet another wonderful day.  We saw so many animals, large and small and numerous birds from honey eaters to birds of prey together with some...

Our last full day at Fika Futi lodge and once again out early and our mission was to find hyena.  The den was a long drive away and it was a difficult one over very rocky terrain with us being bounced all over the place but we got to see the hyenas at their den. There...

Not a cloud in the sky this morning and sunrise was splendid. The wind has dropped completely and the world is looking good. Our guide informed us that the lions had moved back into Zimbabwe but not before spending some time by our water hole, pity it was at 3am this...

This morning we did not go out until 8am and decided to stay close to the lodge.  First stop was the hyena den but no sign of movement but the hyenas are still around as there was the remains of a meal on the ground that was not there last night.  Our guide then took...

The pattern at all game lodges follows a similar pattern, a three hour early morning game drive, the rest of the day relaxing at camp and a three hour evening/night drive.  At Fika Futi we follow much the same pattern only we tend to stay out a lot longer in the...

Up at 5:30am to be on the open vehicle by 6:00am for our first morning drive and like all game drives you have no idea what you might come across.   The day started with a great sighting of Black-backed Jackals still curled up and trying to stay warm and out of the...

The small lodge at Fika Futi was originally a farm house but these days it is a small self-catering lodge that is the perfect place for anyone who puts game viewing over the comforts of a five-star lodge. There are no fences around the lodge and on any day you can...

The word halcyon is synonymous with serene, calm, tranquil, peaceful and moreand I can think of no better name to describe this beautiful lodge, situated near the border crossing into Botswana at Pontdrift in North West South Africa.  This idyllic spot was home to us...

About 24 kilometres from Johannesburg is the sprawling township of Soweto, a town famous around the world for many reasons but the two best known facts are, two Noble Peace prize winners lived in the same street, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, and 176 students died...