The advance team for the ship arranged an amazing deal for Mercy Shippers to receive an overnight Safari trip for less than a fifth the price as normal. So we were able to go Inkwenkwezi Game Park this weekend to see all sorts of wildlife. The park is spread over about 10,000 acres so the wildlife can roam as in nature. They have the four lions in a seperate part that we actually drove into in our Land Rover. Here are two of the lions... notice there is no fence between us and them. It was just us in an open land rover and these amazing beasts about 20-30 feet away. unbelievable.






Our guide took us on two safari rides - one at sunset and one after breakfast. We saw everything from rhinos to monkeys to five or so species of antelope and deer to giraffes and wildabeasts.

Here's a mother giraffe and her three week old baby.