Adrenalin Adventure

July is almost done and dusted so, Paula asks what was your Best Holiday.  

My best holiday would be our camping Adventure Trip to Sabie, Mpumalanga a couple of years ago.  Not only did we get to do cool once-in-a-lifestyle adventure stuff, but we got to do it as a family and with great friends.

We rode elephants, swung over the treetops, free fell 70 meters into a gorgeous valley, took the girls horse riding in the mountains, went rafting in the river rapids, went quad biking through citrus orchards.

Adrenalin filled holiday.  Just up my street.

Getting kissed by an Elephant

My wee lassies riding into the mountains

Riding the River Rapids on Rafts

Canopy Tours 

Free Falling into a valley.

 

Our Adventure Holiday was Fucking Amazing!

Our holiday in Mpumalanga was brilliant!  It was blistering hot most days - sometimes up to nearly 38 degrees C. 

We spent a lot of time in the swimming pools but it a lot of adventurous stuff too.  Check out Mandy's Blog for a completely Day to Day breakdown of what we did. I'm gonna give you the shorter version.

Day 1 Arrival at Sabie River Camp we sourced a good spot to pitch our wee hoosie aka tent being sure to keep space for the other 12 tents' arrival the following day.  We spent the first day swimming in their amazing pools and enjoying the quiet and the sunshine.





The view from our camping spot

Our Wee Hoos

Sitting by the Braai

Day 2 was a little different. 

The others were due to arrive and join us!

As a group of 27 people, most of us went off early to enjoy the Skyway Canopy Tours.  10 zip slides gliding high over the trees and the last three zipping under the trees.  Each section of the trail varied in length from 70 to 230 meters linking a total of 10 platforms, making this the longest cable trail in Africa (1,2km). 

My 7-year-old Megan was not scared at all - she had a blast and one of the youngest to complete the canopy tours solo.  It was exhilirating, exciting and very hot up there in the tree tops.  You could see for miles!



A Daft Scots Lass swining through the treetops

After the canopy tours, the group slipt up and we all went different ways for lunch and we took the girls horse riding at The Horse Whispers Sanctuary.  The girls LOVED the horse riding.



Off into the distance

KK looking tiny on the retired polo pony



Megan - Look, Ma, no hands!


After a very long and scorching day, we all met up for supper that night - all 27 of us - at The Ant and Elephant Restaurant, which was amazing. I was far too exhausted, hot and dirty to enjoy a good meal so the girls and I just had dessert.

Day 3 we went White Water Tubing  or Ghekoing down the Sabie River with Induna Adventures.  What an awesome experience!!  We got a DVD full of photos that the guide took, because we obviously couldn't take the pictures!  I don't have pictures as it is with the rest of the group who are still there.  But I can tell you we jumped off a cliff about 9 meters down into the rapids.  It was hectic.  3 hours and 10 level 3 rapids later, we were exhausted and exhilarated



White Water Tubing



Walking around a large rapid.

Day 4 was meeting the Elephants and what an amazing expereince this was! 

The Elephant Sanctuary in Hazyview was beautiful and home to two young bull ellies, Casper (24 years old) and Siko (11 years old).  We got to brush them down, feed them, walk with them and ride them.  It was something I will NEVER forget. They are such beautiful animals, so gentle and sensitive and really intelligent.  We even got a kiss from Kito.



Some of the group on the way to meet the Elephants

A Daft Scots lass brushing down the Ellie

Megan giving Kito some peanuts

A Daft Scots Lass getting a kiss from Kito

KK getting a kiss from Kito

Walking the elephants

Riding the elephants

Day 5 Was The Big Swing and Foofie slide across the waterfall.

Megan wanted to do the jump, but they said she was too young.  A very disappointed Meg did the Foofie slide across the gorge instead, which she thoroughly enjoyed.  My Bad Ass Megan.

The Big Swing is a 70 meter free-fall down and I serioulsy thought I was gonna puke and shite myself all at the same time.  It was rainy and very misty and we couldn't see the bottom.  It was free-falling backwards into nothing - incredibly hectic! 

But once you were sitting swinging in the harness, it was beautiful to see the waterfall and everything was so green and pretty (under the mist).  Then we had to walk up the slippery wooden steps to the top again.



What it looks like on a CLEAR day!!!




Me and Megan with our Group HKGK T-shirts on

KK, Meg and Riaan