08 Dec 2022
Cailyn was my contact at Mzansi, she answered all my emails with such speed that shocked me, one email was replied to in 10 mins, on a Sunday!!!
Pickup was OR Tambo airport 7am prompt in the morning for the long drive to Kruger arriving at 11:30 leaving time for lunch and settling in before first Game Drive at 3:30pm
Room at Kruger Adventure Lodge in Hazyview was a Rondavel type building, extremely large, very comfortable, quiet, clean with a small safe with key. Staff were friendly and helpful and the food was nice. Breakfast, Dinner and the Game Drives and the Panorama Route Tour were all included in the price of the tour.
The Game Drives were unbelievable, within 10 mins of entering Kruger NP on our first one (sharing a big jeep with 4 others) with came across a coalition of Cheetah brothers stalking a herd of Impala, literally 5 feet from our jeep. These are such rare animals to see, I asked my guide/tracker when he had last seen 1 cheetah and he said 1 year and when he had seen 3 together was 4 years before this. So we were so so lucky to see these most beautiful of cats. During all my Game Drives I saw everything except Leopards which I had seen in India before so was not too disappointed!
Sadly the trip on the Panorama Route had terrible weather (dense dense fog) and also a general strike at the attractions so we made a decision to abandon after lunch and then I paid to do another game drive when we arrived back at the lodge.
I had a fantastic time, one of my best travel experiences ever and I will NEVER forget it and can't wait to return!
I high recommend The Mzansi Experience travel!