My first introduction to Makanyane Safari Lodge was a face to face meeting with an elephant at the door of my cottage. “I’ll just go and shoo him away, said the lodge manager, Garth Kew. So he walked towards said elephant and shouted “Shoo!” Elephant ignored him, so Garth ran towards him waving his arms shouting “Stop eating my trees.”
Ele got a fright and like a dog caught being naughty, tucked his tail between his squeezed-tight buttocks and took off at high speed down the path, straight towards me!
There are three different accommodation options here and they suggest starting in Rhino Post Camp, their solid-walled safari lodge on the banks of a dry riverbed. It combines rustic and luxury (if that is possible) with innovative design features like dry packed stone walls held in check by wire casings. From here they give the option of walks or 4×4 drives - the night drive is fascinating, when bushbabies leap from tree to tree and owls stare into the spotlight.
