Cheap Whine: South Africa 2017

This has been on my life list as long as I can remember. When we found out we were moving back to Europe Luc and I immediately started scheming as to when we could go on safari. When I saw the boys had two weeks off for spring break I knew that was going to be the perfect time, come hell or high water. It did not disappoint.

When I started researching I was immediately overwhelmed at how big the southern part of Africa is, with endless possibilities for safaris. I quickly contacted some tour agents who specialize in that part of the world and Go2Africa came up with a great itinerary for hitting South Africa, Botswana, and a little beach time in Mauritius.

Anti-malarial drugs down the hatch...

And off we go! Day one it's a bus, a train, a 12 hour flight, a 2 hour flight, a 45 minute bush plane, and a two hour drive to the camp. Good thing the boys are used to traveling!

I won't bore you with too many animal pictures. You can see most of them on Nat Geo, but here are some of our highlights.

Helicopter safari and transport were both amazing

Elephant skull - a sad reality of a previous drought a year or two prior

Two different leopard sightings after a looong time tracking them. This one was stalking an impala.

This one was probably just busting a gut laughing at us driving in circles for hours looking for him while he kept an eye on us from the tree.

This little guy was adorable and just learning he had a built in play toy with his trunk (below)

Another big one on our "must see" list. We just stumbled upon this male and female when we came around a corner. They had zero interest in us gawking at them.

Loved the impalas. They have so much personality and watching the males try and keep his large herd of females in line was very entertaining.

Loved all of the al fresco dining in the bush. We were always pleasantly surprised when we'd come around a corner to a full restaurant and bar set up in the middle of nowhere.