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Vuyani Christmas 2014…

Christmas Day at Vuyani Safari Lodge was most definitely the hottest one for me so far. It was myself and Christopher’s third Christmas day spent at the lodge and it was special as always.

We set up for dinner in the afternoon – and Chris did a great job of decorating the table. Each guest received a small Rhino Gift that we purchased at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre, our way of giving back during the festive season, as the Centre is a non profit organization.

The Roder Family spent the day in the Kruger National Park with Togara and saw a variety of animals. They returned around five pm and headed straight for the pool, in true South African Style.

Our two other guests Christian and Honore went on Safari with Themba and Uyai. They also had a successful safari – be sure to have a look at the Safari Blog for more details.

Janus spent the whole day cooking up a Christmas Feast for our guests and we sat down to a Buffet dinner around eight pm. There were a large variety of dishes to choose from and everything on the Menu looked delicious. After a glass of sparkling wine and some scrumptious desserts our Guests retired for the evening.

On behalf of all the Staff at Vuyani Safari Lodge we would like to wish you a Wonderful Festive Season and a very Prosperous 2015.

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Wedding in the Bush…

We had a very special and very exciting occasion at Vuyani Safari Lodge – a Wedding! We had been corresponding with our Bride for nearly a year in preparation for their big the perfect location for the ceremony to take place and in the end I decided on Porcupine dam, one of the many dams on Moditlo. The view was absolutely stunning with the Drakensberg in the background. And I knew this was the place! As the pastor called it when he saw it for the first time “the most perfect chapel in the world”
We had split into groups for the setup – Myself (Justine) Christopher and Janus were on the Porcupine committee and we were responsible for the setup at the dam itself.
Kim, Arno, Siyabi and Busi were on the Vuyani committee and were responsible for the Dinner setup at the Lodge.
Themba, Mike and Paul were on the Transport committee and were responsible for driving the guests, Bride and Groom and photographer to the destination.
On the big day we were a little worried as the weather forecast predicted 50% chance of rain! But we had a Backup plan for just such an event. And decided that should it rain out we would use the upper deck at the lodge. In the end it was up to the Bride and Groom, they had to decide whether they wanted to chance it at the beautiful bush setting, and they did!! We set out at around 14h00 to make sure everything was 100 % and to check for any wildlife of course! Would have been a rather exciting wedding if Mr. Elephant showed up.
The guests and Bridal party showed up not too long after and the ceremony was beautiful, where after the guests enjoyed some Sparkling Wine and delicious canapés in the heart of the Reserve. No dangerous game “crashed” the party, however we had a very brief visual of two Giraffe that kept our guests entertained. Thereafter the photographer swept the Happy Couple away for some “wild in the bush” wedding shots and the Guests returned to the Lodge to find an exquisitely set up Dinner table to await the Newlyweds arrival.
Dinner was scrumptious and the weather was perfect the whole evening! The deck area was lit by candles and lanterns and looked exquisite!
On behalf of Vuyani Safari Lodge we would like to congratulate the happy couple once again. And if you wish to have a wedding with a twist – Vuyani Safari Lodge should be the number one choice.