African Wild Dogs from the balcony
Oh no! It’s our last full day already! That was sudden!
And it’s been a bit of a weird one, certainly not the great climax or relaxing wind-down you’d want.
We’re staying at Erindi, a deluxe safari lodge. And for certain our room is a country-mile more deluxe than anywhere else we’ve stayed! And it looks out over the waterhole too, so wildlife from the window is very much a reality. I’ve been watching African Wild Dogs. And yet… and yet… you do feel rather a captive.
There’s a walk you can do. It’s a little under an hour, in a specially fenced off area to make sure no worrying wildlife gets in. The grounds of the resort itself are so manicured I can’t imagine finding any wildlife there. And you can’t go anywhere in your car – driving around the game reserve is only possible on the organised morning and afternoon game drives. Trapped! The rest of the guests don’t mind; none of them seem to know anything much about wildlife, cooing over an elephant while there are a pack of flippin’ rare as anything African Wild Dogs lounging a few yards further off!
And then there was lunch. Which gave us both a case of the runs, a couple of hours later. We complained, and received the expected dose of inept customer service, ending in a promise that the manager would come and see us which has never materialised.
So our romantic farewell-to-Africa dinner was plain rice, boiled broccoli and a bottle of water. Cheers!
Warthogs at the water
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