Pilansberg National Park

We drove from Johannesburg north a few hours to Pilansberg National Park – We stopped along the way at a tourist trap and I realized I forgot to talk to the students about bargaining……… by the time I figured it out some of the kids bought some pretty expensive souvenirs J

We arrived at our resort which is wonderful! We have sprawling lush gardens with trampolines, pools, a water slide and other fun outdoor things for the kids to do. We went on an evening safari for a few hours and saw an incredible amount of wildlife. We saw zebras, giraffes, elephants, a warthog, hippos, impalas, a snake and wildebeests. Our guide got a call from another guide about a leopard kill and we raced across the park where in the distance we could see - with binoculars - a leopard up in a tree with the fresh carcass of an impala.

Our guide was amazingly skilled at finding animals and on our way back to the resort, in the dark, while driving quite fast he spotted a 3 inch long chameleon in a bush – at that point the kids named our guide Ninja Chameleon Warrior. It was an amazing evening!