Bravery, the likes of which you have never seen

Our arrival at Khamkirri was a bit disappointing, as the gentleman we dealt with  was apparently the events coordinator and didn’t really know what was going on. The site we had booked was relatively close to the reception and I noticed that the camp sites on either side of us had people on them and we’d specifically booked 2 sites next to each other.

The following day the manager promised, in passing, throughout the day to come to us when he had a chance to sort out the mess. It finally dawned on me that there was nothing to be done and we arranged for my in-law’s to share a site with us. We were eventually told that the reserve doesn’t book campsites and works on a first come, first serve basis. Personally, I think a booking should take precedence and thereafter whatever is available should be on a first come, first serve basis.

Nevertheless, our stay turned out to be absolutely wonderful with the entire Bowen clan being reunited for the first time in 8 years! In the days that followed some of the group did a game drive and quad biking offered by Khamkirri, we all took a drive up to Augrabies Falls, Pete, the kids and I spent hours relaxing in the pool and the one day I got extremely adventurous and braved a swim with Pete in the Orange River. (I have a phobia for rivers, dams and dirty pools, etc).

Christmas was an exciting day for all. Kyra and Kayden had a very successful haul and even the rest of us were spoilt rotten!

Christmas night had me totally freaked out because of the nastiest looking spiders that I have ever seen! The infamous camel spider will have a post dedicated to it at a later date… Despite these frightful creatures lurking in the shadows, we all managed to have a lovely and festive evening, punctuated with fits of laughter as we ducked & dived to get out of the path of our unwanted guests. In hindsight, we may have been regarded as the over sized, unwanted guests lurking in their territory!