A pleasant introduction to South Africa and Pretoria for those wanting a nature reserve experience on their doorstep is Rietvlei. R40 and 20min from Friends one can experience the Rietvlei Dam area's fauna & flora from the comfort of your own car.
An Eland, the largest antelope in SA, decided it would be the first animal to greet us
The VW "Foxy" Chariot with crew
Smiles in the fresh air, open spaces and winter veld
All the ladies taking a look at 2 rhinos that were unfortunately not showing us their "good side" for decent photos
A wild monkey stole a guest's shades and jumped on the wind-shield!
Where else do you get to game-sail instead of game-drive?
Giving each other a warm welcome to Friends with an Introduction Night. We shared food, photos and stories of our various backgrounds.
With 12 new guests and more on the way we were all treated to Austrian, Dutch, German, Columbian, Zimbabwean, Swedish, South African and French introductions.
There were a few traditional Dutch games played to give us a better feel of Holland (and to make us look silly, me thinks)
"Jaws"
From time-to-time it's great just to sit in a park with friends from Friends...
...and monkey around
This coming weekend is our September Adventure: Kruisrivier Game Reserve and Witbank Skydive!
Will post some pics soon, but rather come join and take photos yourself - it's an open weekend.
Peace