We said goodbye to our resident Waterbury and with car packed with our new rowing machine we tackled the 403km drive back to camp.

The trip was uneventful with a few stops for body breaks and jelly tots. Entering the KNP at Punta Maria gate is always special and made even more so this time with a magnificent Elephant bull right next to the road. It was clear to see that this northern part of the park has had a lot more rain than the south with tall lush green grass and water everywhere. We navigated through a very large yet relaxed hErdman of Buffalo before crossing the Levuvhu Bridge and river onto home turf.

We pulled up to a very joyous camp staff and to a very very green camp. A quick unpack of camp shopping and wine a glass of wine in hand Dee and I were taken on a tour of the camp. Boy had these backupsites put in a solid effort the last week or what... the pathways were clean, the grass trimmed and everything neat and tidy. One can see we have two ladies as backups.

A braai, with Katherine our new Texan backup being tutored  on the finer skills of braaing wors. She did a marvelous job leaving the easy eating work up to us. Tomorrow starts a new course so an early night had by all.

I have added a few pics of the concession before we left with some walks we did to what the camp looks like now. A bit different to how a lot of you remember it. Ok so having difficulty downloading pics they will follow. Sorry.