Saturday 28th October 2017
Phinda Game Reserve
Another two game drives today. The reserve is about 27,000 hectares, including 3,000 recently bought. Apparently the Getty family have a large shareholding in the reserve and there is a private jet airstrip. The reserve has been operating since 1991 and Phinda means "return", ie returning the farmland to its natural bush.
There are a large number of Fever trees in the reserve. The Zulus called them "trees that glow in the distance" because of the yellowy powder that covers their trunks. The early settlers called them "Fever" because they were suffering from malaria and believed it was the trees that were causing their fevers.
Lionesses resting
On the afternoon drive back in the dark we saw a Pennant winged Nightjar. The guide was terribly excited and later told us there hadn't been a sighting of this bird in the reserve for 17 years.
Dinner was in the BOMA (British Officers' Mess Area).
Phinda Game Reserve
Another two game drives today. The reserve is about 27,000 hectares, including 3,000 recently bought. Apparently the Getty family have a large shareholding in the reserve and there is a private jet airstrip. The reserve has been operating since 1991 and Phinda means "return", ie returning the farmland to its natural bush.
There are a large number of Fever trees in the reserve. The Zulus called them "trees that glow in the distance" because of the yellowy powder that covers their trunks. The early settlers called them "Fever" because they were suffering from malaria and believed it was the trees that were causing their fevers.
On the afternoon drive back in the dark we saw a Pennant winged Nightjar. The guide was terribly excited and later told us there hadn't been a sighting of this bird in the reserve for 17 years.
Dinner was in the BOMA (British Officers' Mess Area).
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