On Safari at SABI SABI

Highlights of the Safari:
• Bush Coffee, some hot water, a stick of dark roast instant coffee and a mini bottle of Amarula. Of course the view makes it that much sweeter.
• Hearing Lions call in the camp at about 1 am. Adds new meaning to the feeling of scared.
• Seeing Wild Dog, two on top of that. Only 2000 left in the world.
• Being surrounded by a herd of Elephant.
• Learning I can make a toothbrush out of a plant stick.
• Seeing a Pigmy Kingfisher, very rare.
• Having not one but three male lions walk by the Rover and each one make contact with your eyes.
• Seeing the Big Five.
• South African Red and White wines.
• Realizing that I had to watch every step on the way to my lodge at night. Cobras, Mambas and Pythons are regular visitors.
• The entire staff at Sabi Sabi Lodge.

Sabi Sabi Private Game Lodge

We're now enjoying the South African Luxury Safari, Sabi Sabi Private Game Lodge. Voted the world's best hotel by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler, Sabi Sabi is a peerless experience.

Our group arrived yesterday in time for a spectacular lunch. We ate outdoors, overlooking the Savanah. Sabi Sabi includes all meals and drinks in the rates, and any guest who can make it through a stay here without overindulging either has vast reserves of will power or else simply doesn't care a whit about wonderful cooking.

Words fail in adequately describing the joy of a visit here: the beauty of Sabi Sabi's land; the magnificent animals; the unbelievably luxurious accommodations... it's all wonderfully over-the-top.

Yesterday, we watched a family of elephants foraging in the brush for tender shoots. Among the group was an enchanting baby, still of suckling age and always close by its mother, which practiced waggling its ears to cool down.