protea hotel safari lodge

Thanks to the grandparents Korbl & Kallevig, Aunt & Uncle Huizenga, and great grandma Vivian, we took the kids up to the Protea hotels safari lodge as a surprise Christmas present. We began the day taking Tim to the Sunday market to get a few presents and I got a beautifully carved chest. We then had a quick bite to eat and headed up to the lodge. We got there around 2:15 pm and were in the pool by 3:15! The kids sway until close to 4:30. There was a playground nearby too that they played on. We got some menus and headed back to our rooms. Tim discovered that the water was hot-very hot! We ordered supper and then vegged out a bit. The meal and service were both excellent. During supper the momma and baby kudu came to visit and the girls fed them out of their hand. After eating we headed back to our rooms, watched a little tv and went to bed. It was sooo nice to sleep with a fan on all night too. We were of course all up early, got all the kids bathed and showered. Tim kicked up a big buck of some kind right outside our room. Breakfast was an amazing buffet, again the service amazing-by the time you finished your juice, they were there to take your cup. The kids really enjoyed the REAL chocolate rice krispies. After breakfast we took a little walk to the lion enclosure. There is a mom, dad and the two cubs that came with them about eight years ago. Momma was getting ready to pounce the fence-she’ll often do that when kids are putting their hands on the fence, and of course ours were. We walked back and got ready for our game drive. For about an hour we drove around their 1000 or so acres a saw many different types of antelope, zebras, birds and their 18 year old elephant. We could have gotten rides on the elephant, but we ran out of time. This is the type of place you can day trip to, so we will do the elephant another time. We got good video and photos, some of which I already posted.
Thanks again Korbls, Kallevigs, Vivian and Huizengas!