Thursday 1 August 2013

Jackalberry Lodge

Hello Journeyers! It's me again! And we are 1 day away from the WEEKEND! Can I get a WoOp WoOp!
As promised yesterday I said that I will share our second and last part of our holiday with you guys today.
Cedric and I love being "spoiled" once in a while, and that's why Cedric decided that we should end off our holiday with a bang. We found this website called BUSH BREAKS, and for any bush lovers out there who loves the more glamorous part of the bush life. Please do yourself a favor and visit them. They have great specials!
We found a great deal with Jackalberry Lodge, and they are situated in the Thornybush Game Reserve. We finally arrived around lunch time after our 5 hour drive through the Kruger. From the moment we walked in there we were welcomed with friendly smiling faces. I love that! We did all the paperwork and the Lodge Manager gave us a rundown of how things will go and off we went to the room to freshen up a bit before our late lunch and the game drive.

This was our room.
I love all the finishing touches. Makes it extra special.
The bathroom was beautiful!
Details again.
Our Welcome letter. 
We had a few drinks at the bar and then had lunch. They made sure they fed us enough I can tell you that! And amazing food! Thank you very much Chef Martha! Your food is amazing! :) But I am a bit upset with you for the extra 2 kilograms that I picked up that weekend. (kidding)
And then we hit the bush for our game drive. Our very friendly Ranger, Brad and Tracker, Lucas made sure that we saw the Big 5 and even a few extras. Thank you so much guys! And Lucas you and your Eagle eyes are great, spotting those Bush Babies! WOW! And Brad, that experience with the Elephants was unbelievable! That was definitely the highlight of my LIFE!!! Well for now! hehe.
And thank you to Atasja, Tom and his wife Karlien for making us feel at home and relaxed and thank you to Gideon and Godfrey for keeping your your smiles on and our glasses full! And the ladies that kept our room so neat and clean, and put little Nougat on our pillows every night! Thanks to you guys my dreams were sweet and happy!




Like I said before, we saw some amazing wildlife and I was in awe of everything we saw. Our whole experience was perfect.























I mean just look at this collection of wildlife!!! I love Elephants and Leopards! I will sit and watch them for hours! Wow is all I can say.



This last picture Brad took, thank you! :) But thank you again to EVERYONE and if I left anyone else THANK YOU TOO!!! We had an amazing time at Jackalberry Lodge and we cannot wait to be back there as soon as possible! Thank you thank you thank you!
And the BIGGEST THANK YOU goes to my boo, thank you so much for being in my life and making all of this possible! I love you!!!

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Till we meet again!
Have a great Thursday! And remember...tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! :) xxx
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20 comments:

  1. Wow! The accommodation looks incredible and I cannot believe you were able to see both lion and leopard... that is not an easy feat! What a perfect way to end off an already great holiday :)

    xxx
    Jenna

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    1. It was perfect! You guys must go there!
      I love a leopard!
      xxx

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  2. Woooh!! What a beautiful place to visit and spend your time! I can't believe you got to be so close with the elephants! Eeek my favorite!

    Thank you for sharing your pictures! They are so stunning!

    Melanie
    www.athistage.blogspot.com

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    1. Ahhh thank you Melanie! It was so amazing!
      xxx

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  3. Ek is sooo jaloers! Dit lyk na die wonderlikste plek. Wegbreek, hier kom ek!

    En jy lyk so mooi in die laaste foto saam Cedric jong, kan nie my vinger daarop plaas nie.

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    1. Ja ek stem doen dittt! Jy en Flip sal dit baie geniet!
      En Bush Breaks se specials is rerig goed!
      Ahhh dankie! Dink mens noem dit verlief wees? hehe
      xxx

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  4. Wow! You are so fortunate to be able to go to these places!!

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    1. I know it would not be possible if it wasn't for Cedric who loves the bush this much!
      xxx

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  5. Absolutely incredible pictures! Looks like you had the most amazing time. I'm quite jealous!!! Definitely need to organise a bush trip ASAP!!!

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    1. Thank you so much Leanne!!!
      I love the bush!
      xxx

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  6. Wow you're so lucky! Would love to go on a game drive :)
    xxx

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    1. If I could go on a Game Drive once a day I would be one happy lady! :)
      xxx

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  7. It looks like you guys saw some incredible stuff! Awesome :)

    AJ | TheAJMinute

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    1. Thank you AJ!!!
      We had suck an amazing time...
      xxx

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  8. Beautiful photos - looks like you had a wonderful time. Definitely on my list of places I need to visit :) xx

    www.princessnoo.com

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    1. Thank you Nicole! Trying my photography skills. :)
      You would love it there!
      xxx

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  9. AAh this place looks gorgeous! LOVE the bush!

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    1. Yay for some reason I am very excited for your comment on my blog! :)
      Thank you!
      We LOVE the bush too! Any excuse to go to the bush!
      xxx

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