June 13, 2010

Sad to wake up today as it is our last day at the best hotel we have ever stayed in.  Up dark and early at 6am, enjoyed my morning tea a little more than usual at the expense of England from the previous night.  =)  Off we went on the game drive and within 30min we happened upon 2 male white Rhino.  As soon as they noticed us they scrambled off deep into the African bush.  What a sight they are!  We stopped by a river to have a cup of English tea (ha ha!) and watch some hippos floating around in the river.  Managed to get that last picture i wanted - a hippo opening it's mouth nice and wide showing it's teeth!

i can now consider my safari experience complete.  Back to our room to pack, then off to the airport.  Sad to leave the staff at Tinga, they were all so friendly and interesting to talk to.

We landed at the brand new King Shaka International Airport in Durban in the early afternoon.  The airport is brand new, only been open for a month!  The airport (and our flight) was packed with Germans and Australians (socceroos) as the match in Durban tonight featured Deutschland and Australia.  We met our driver and he took us to our home for the next 7 days in Umhlanga Rocks, about 20min south of the airport.  We looked into tickets for the match but it was sold out and nobody was selling them for face value that we could find.  Once at the hotel we ordered out from a pizza place and watched Germany slaughter Australia.

Pictures of our last day at Tinga

Kruger to Nelspruit