Sabie had a wonderful array of shops catering for the tourist and at very reasonable prices, so we had no trouble finding plenty of souvenirs to take home. We ate lunch at one of the many fabulous restaurants, where we had a platter of local game meat and Bobotie (a mild African curry) that was absolutely amazing. We then traveled along the Panorama route back to Nelspruit where we met up with Greg, Chris and Garth at the game reserve, here we were introduced to Emma the baby Hippo. Emma spends her day divided between playing with the dogs in her water hole and playing with the dogs on dry land, not a bad deal really.
Greg meets Emma the Hippo.
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| Emma the Baby Hippo. |
Greg, Chris and Garth had had a wonderful day tubing and Garth mentioned that recent floods had cleared a lot of the driftwood and weeds from the riverbank making the ride far more scenic and safer to exit almost anywhere. Greg had a wonderful time and thought he had some great footage on his Go-Pro unfortunately the SD card malfunctioned and it failed to record most of the day.
That evening we all had a BBQ at Chris's house as we would be leaving for Johannesburg in the morning. We ate some monstrous Blue Bull steaks, plenty of fresh local vegetables and fruit, then with our bellies full we sat out on the veranda taking in the night view of Barberton over a couple of beers for the last time.
In the morning we all met up at the Nelspruit Mug and Bean for brunch, here we said our goodbyes to all of our old friends and the wonderful new friends we had made before driving to the Airport and checking in for our flight to Johannesburg. The following morning Greg and I would be heading off to Madagascar, and Natalija would be heading home to Perth.
If you wist to follow the Madagascar portion of the trip I will cover it on my other blog
http://www.west-coast-bluewater-hunter.blogspot.com.au/
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