So we were due to be picked up at 7.30am by the safari jeeps with breakfast at 6.30 in the orphanage. However, we were woken up at 7.15 by someone banging on our door!!
Not the best start was followed by a speedy breakfast and hesty packing. We eventually got on the jeep for our 5 hour journey to the Sopa Lodge. Things were going fine for 4 hours, until our suspension broke en route. With it hanging on the floor, our driver and his mate in the other jeep pulled out a spare U bolt and promptly fixed it, with around an hours delay.
We arrived at the lodge and quickly changed and back out for an evening drive – straight after my first beer for a week…
We were rewarded with 2 of the big 5, elephant and buffalo.
After a quick shower and dinner, we retired to our lodge ready for a full day’s drive the next day
Baldwin’s Family Travel 