Discovering Eastern South Africa and Swaziland

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Mon, 2018-11-05
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Kruger National Park: Rhinos - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

This morning as well we wake up early, we are at the Skukuza Rest Camp, in the Kruger National Park in South Africa; today we leave Skukuza and move for the next two days to the Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp.

Today, opposite to the other days, the sky is overcast and it's cold, we wonder if this facilitates or not our sightings.

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Wed, 2018-11-07
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Kruger National Park: Hippo - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

This morning we woke up at the Crocodile Bridge Rest Camp campsite and, after breakfast, we left; this will be our last day of safari in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, at least for this trip.

We take the S 25, but only to reach the S 27 that ends near the Hippo Pools that, as you can guess from its name, is a pool where many hippos are found.

The scenery around the pool and along the way is very beautiful and deserves to come up here.

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Thu, 2018-11-08
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Kruger National Park: Sunrise - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

We are at the Kruger National Park in South Africa, but this was the last night we spent here, this morning we leave, Swaziland is waiting for us!

We woke up early, like all the other mornings, we have breakfast, we close Dr. Livingstone and we leave; before going out we do a short ride, early in the morning the animals are more active so we could spot something.

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Thu, 2018-11-08
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Mantenga Cultural Village - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

This morning we left very early from the Kruger National Park in South Africa because we had to reach the Mantenga Cultural Village in Swaziland, a few km from Mbabane, by 11:00am.

We arrive at 10:30am, we have all the time to pay the entrance fee and relax a bit; immediately after us two other Italian boys arrive, they are from Bergamo; it's fun to find someone at the other side of the world who lives in Italy a few dozen kilometers away from you.

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Thu, 2018-11-08
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Swaziland - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

It is not the first time we come to Swaziland, but in the past it has always been little more than a hit and run, but this time we decided to dedicate a little more time to this little kingdom wedged between South Africaand Mozambique.

We arrived this morning directly from the Kruger National Parkin South Africa and went straight to the Mantenga Cultural Village, wthathich is located not far from Mbabane, the capital.

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Fri, 2018-11-09
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Breakfast! - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

This morning we woke up rested in our chalet near Mbabane, in Swaziland, we had breakfast and then we load Dr. Livingstone and we leave; we were really good here at the Bhuleni Chalet, when we pass by here we will definitely be back.

We leave the dirt road and find ourselves in front of the shopping center, we need a wi-fi to check the email so we park and go to Mugg&Bean; we take a cappuccino that has nothing to envy to cappuccinos made in Italy.

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Fri, 2018-11-09
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Hlane Royal National Park - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

This morning we left quite early and we arrived at the Hlane Royal National Park, in Swaziland or Eswatini, around 10:30am; it's too early to check-in in our cottage but it does not matter, we're interested in discovering the park.

We'll get a from to the reception desk of the Ndlovu Camp, the main park camp, from where all the activities start; the map is perhaps a bit too rough, but in any case we have Tracks4Africa and we start to explore the park.

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Sat, 2018-11-10
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Hlane Royal National Park: Lions - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

We are in Swaziland, or Eswatini, at the Hlane Royal National Park and more precisely at the Bhubesi Camp.

This morning we woke up in our cottage, we had breakfast in our kitchen, well it is definitely more convenient than having breakfast on our table in the middle of the savannah, although we love it.

Today we take it with a bit of calm, this morning we want to enjoy a bit of relaxation; after breakfast we pick up Dr. Livingstone and we go to the Ndlovu Lodge.

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Sun, 2018-11-11
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On the road! - Photo Credits: Silvano Greco

This morning we woke up at the Bhubesi Camp, we are in the Hlane Royal National Park in Swaziland; we have breakfast at our cottage, we load the last things inside our Dr. Livingstone and then we leave.

We drive the 10 km that separate our stone cottage from the gate of the rhinos sector, we enter the gate and from there we head to the Ndlovu Lodge, but we drive slowly because we look around, even if we are leaving we are still doing safari.

We check out and head towards the main gate to exit the park.

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Sun, 2018-11-11
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Mkhaya Game Reserve - Photo Credits: Romina Facchi

We are ready to go to the Mkhaya Game Reserve, but we still have in mind the scene of the children with cookies we saw earlier and we are still pleasantly surprised: we bought them cookies and they lined up to wait their turn to get one ...

Meanwhile, Richard, our safari guide for the next few days, gets on his safari car and tells us to follow him.

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