We flew to Durbin, northeast, and drove through farming country into Swaziland. We started visiting game parks and seeing animals. This was our longest bus ride and we saw miles of sugarcane fields. The flight was included in our trip price. Total we took 3 domestic flights. Not bad.... We first visited St Lucia Estuary where we enjoyed hippos. We visited in May so Late Fall for the Southern Hemisphere. We spent the night at a lodge then continued through the country exiting near Kruger National Park. Gate 1 has a non-profit mission that works in several countries. One of their missions is support for an elementary school in Swaziland, and we got to visit. The company also supports local craftsmen and artists by stopping and letting us shop still we dropped.

Our tour group

Hluhuwe game reserve is where we saw our first Rhino!. We saw Elephant, Cape Buffalo and Rhino, three of the Big 5. Some on our tour saw a large male Lion, but we did not.

Cape Buffalo

Black Buffalo

Kudu

Baby Rhino

Dust Bath

I see you

We visited the local school. The children were adorable. Gate 1 os putting in flush toilets, these will be the only flush toilets these kids have ever seen!

watch out!

We visited a local village and they sang for us. The group is world famous and is performing in Brazil for a world choir competition. Their music is very moving.