Wow … what an amazing year has come to an end!
Lots of fun safaris, lots of changes at the lodge, and lots of improvements. And LOTS of amazing reviews, showing how well all of these changes have been received by our many guests and fans. We are now rated officially as one of the top 10 safari lodges in South Africa, and that says something, because there are about 400 fully fledged safari lodges operating in South Africa. All of this bodes well for yet another exciting and successful year here at the Vuyani Safari Lodge, and we can’t wait to welcome all our many guests who are set to visit us. Welcome to South Africa, and all our best wishes for a Happy New Year!
The festive season is also always a particularly busy time of year for us, but we always get caught up in the festive mood too, and it is a fun and uplifting time indeed.
This year things were even more complicated: we got several days of very serious rain fall, and a flood on the reserve (all perennial rivers are flowing by the way) caused a supply pipe to the main water reservoir to be washed away, and as a consequence we were without water. That’s obviously a big problem, so Craig had our own water reservoir built, within 15 hours, and connected to our own Water Mains. Phew, that was a challenge! The thing is, where most lodges just give up, we don’t, and we go the extra mile to make sure our guests have the best quality stay possible.
We also had some amazing sightings on the last day of last year, so that made for a perfect day out here in South Africa, and a send-off of 2014 in true style and beauty. Here photos of some of the animals we saw yesterday:
