… and sometimes that is a little too far, as Jesse demonstrated yesterday. He got totally stuck while crossing a riverbed. Due to heavy rainfalls over recent weeks, the sand was so loose that there was no hope, the wheels just dug themselves in, and our Landcruiser met with its limits. Kim and Rex had to go out and “rescue” the guests, who quite enjoyed the entire adventure. This doesn’t happen often, and it is probably the first time most ever got so horribly stuck out in nature.
But it was all worth it! Jesse found the two young cheetah brothers hanging out in the river. They are so relaxed that, for poor little Savanna’s hope, they won’t decide to move into the lodge too. 😉 (we had a resident caracal for a long time that visited the lodge frequently, but she hasn’t been seen in a long time, we fear the worst has happened to her. Poor Pixie, we loved her very much. Hopefully Savanna will be with us for longer. I think she is pregnant now, so soon-ish we will have lots of little Savannas at the lodge.)
So yes, it was worth it, definitely. Mike and Uyai had to work hard to dig out Jesse’s game driver, but thank God we have three game drivers, so we can always get it sorted. Great adventure for our guests who got both an amazing sighting, and a feel for what off-road adventure really means, also the downside of it. It made for lots of laughs in the evening.
