Dear Pitse team,
We finally made our 2016 promise true and returned to Pitse Lodge. Again it was an unforgettable experience, not only because of the wildlife we encountered.
Impeccable service and free hospitality!
A huge thanks from all of us to everyone who contributed to this highlight of our SA trip.
A warm team welcome with smiles and happy faces. Ten wonderful days in one of the most special places
Rhinos coming up to the house for their daily drink. Christie is obviously obsessed with the color pink
5 A.M. game drives in summer, but still feeling as cold as ice. The lions haven’t moved in a week, or so we’re told
Rodney overfeeding you to the point where you can’t move. Apart from Haydn’s French, there’s little here to improve.
Two swimming ellies on Marakele’s kingfisher dam. Finally finding mommy lion, with more than one little lion lamb.
Over here, Orion is upside down.
Vince and Pieter never greeted us with a frown
Friso got promoted within 10 days. From shots in Vaalwater, to driving around Welgevonden Muddy Maze
In case anyone forgets: Marc is the one who built this lodge. When you meet him, that’s a story you can not belief
Our third visit, an amazing and unforgettable experience! The lions Thembe, Nala, her 3 cubs and 2 youngsters have been the center of it all.
Day 1 Seeing the youngsters, a warthog kill at the hill. (Nala involved)
Day 2 Sightings of the youngsters, Nala and the cubs on the mountain.
Day 3 Nala, the youngsters and the three cubs in front of us for at least 30 minutes. Such an incredible moment of pure happiness. Cheetah & her 2 sub adults. A sighting of the western pride females & Thembe’s son. One lioness hunting eland in front of site 48. Unsuccessful.
Day 4 After a night filled with roaring. Nala enters the south with Thembe by her side. The 2 youngsters get to meet him with the most generous slap in the face. They all leave for the hills.
Day 5 Thembe encounter at Pitse deck! Seeing him after heavy rains. One of the youngster sneaks up on a wildebeest that is quite alert.
Day 6 Thembe on a wildebeest kill right around the corner. After lunch chaos: Baboons screaming, jackall kills a piglet. The young lioness goes after it (after a blue crane). Nala joins with the cubs on the Serengeti plains.
Day 7 The new Southern pride together on the wildebeest kill. A happy end!
A perfect week for all of us. Such a memorable time and a lot to be thankful for.
Pitse crew, you are the absolute best! All the details, all the love and all the passion, we are grateful to be able to experience all of it from the heart.
Much love,
There are not enough ways to express my thanks to the pitse team. I feel so lucky to have a “home away from home” halfway across the world. Pitse and South Africa have a piece of my heart.
Dear Pitse team,
There are no words to describe how amazing this wonderful place is. The team you have here make Pitse the best it can be. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything over the past week! We cannot wait to come again.
Love
Thank you for everything that you do! Pitse is only a name, it is the people that make it what it is!
To the Pitse staff,
It’s all about the details and you all absolutely amazed us. You have changed our life forever for the better. Thank you for working as hard as you do and for making us feel so welcome and special. We wish you all nothing but the best and hope to meet you again. Thank you, thank you, thank you for everything. We will be thinking of you often.
Dear Pitse staff,
Thank you isn’t even enough. Our hardest goodbye. We love you all and see you again real soon.
Pitse Tenzi forever.
Zebra. Wrattenzwijn, Gnoe, Hartebeast, Olifant, Nijlpaard, Klipspringer, Steenbok, Cheetah, Leeuw, Kudou, Blesbuck, Springbok, waterbuk, Neushoorn, Jakhals, jameson Rock Rabbit, Springhare, Elephanstearen, Eland, Impala, Coffin bat, Baboon, Common reebuck, Eekhoorn, Rock dassie, Giraffe, Grey duiker, Bush buck, Brown hyena, White tailed Mangoose, Dwarf Mangoose, Buffel, Vervet monkey, Krokodil, Monitor Lizzard, Sand snake, Bat, Mountain reebuck, Orix, Sabel Antilope, Flat kameleon, Genet.
1 Cheetah playing kill
1 Cheetah kills (blesbuck and hartebeast baby)
1 Lioness nala + 3 cubs (hartebeast kill)
You can all be so proud of what you have established together and you have no idea how happy you have made us this week. We feel so so lucky to have enjoyed another week here and we hope to see you all again….next year?!
Lots of Love, a massive applaus for you and above all: Ngiyabonaga…!!!
Thank you all for a wonderful time. Very impressed by the game and development of Sterkfontein. Nice fishing!
