Safari Trip

This past Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday I was in St. Lucia. There, we went on a safari in a game reserve, went on a boat safari, and went to the beach. It was an AMAZING experience. Here's the run down of the highlights:

Safari:

So we woke up at 4:30 in the morning to be ready to head out to the game reserve by 5 am. We arrived at the game reserve around 5:30 am ready to see some animals. At first we didn't see anything exciting, just a few impala, a warthog, and some birds. Then we saw a giraffe super close to our car. After letting us take pictures of it for a while, it decided to walk in front of our car. We ended up tailgating the giraffe until it decided to get off the road! After seeing the first giraffe we saw SO many animals. We saw rhinos at least 10 times. We also saw a herd of 50-75 elephants. At first they were walking along the mountain side, then they walked down into the valley where our car was. They all crossed the road in front of our car! It was incredible seeing so many elephants up close! We also saw some rhinos really close to our car. At one point we thought the rhino might charge our car. We all had to sit really still and not talk. Eventually the rhino went back to eating some grass. After the rhino we saw some zebras, water buffalo, and tons of types of antelope. Unfortunately we didn't see any of the cats. But we did see a spotted hyena taking a nap in the grass.

Boat Safari:

The next day we went on a boat safari. There we saw nile crocodiles, tons of hippos, and cool water birds. We got a chance to see hippos up close from the bottom deck of the boat. I'm pretty sure that if I were to be reincarnated into any animal, being a hippo wouldn't be so bad. They lounge in the water all day, eat sea grass, and just bum around all day. They're also secretly bad ass. Hippos kill tons of people every year and are not an animal you want to mess with. Anyways, it was nice to sit back, have a couple of toots and hang out with my friends on the boat.

Today is my last night in Durban. There are only 8 of us left in Durban and we'll be having a sleep over at the SIT house because we don't want to pay for a hostel. We're going out to dinner to a thai restaurant on Florida road. Tomorrow, I'll leave for Cape Town to meet up with my mom and John! SO EXCITED! I've always wanted to go to Cape Town and now I'm finally doing it! This week I'll be crossing two things off my bucket list: visiting Cape Town and going on Safari. It's also exciting because I only have a week left in South Africa. Soon enough I'll be home. I love South Africa, but it's definitely time for me to head home.

Miss you all and can't wait to see you soon!