Aquila Game Reserve

We had scheduled an overnighter outside of Cape Town at a game reserve.  This was a good time to practice driving on the wrong side of the road since we didn't have too many turns once we were out of town.  Chris had me keep telling him, "Stay to the left" to remind him which side of the road he was supposed to be on.  At this point we had been driven around by enough people that we were getting the hang of it.  The drive was beautiful with valley's of grape vineyards which I'll show you more of later.  The townships were always amazing and sad to see and puts worldly things into perspective.

Township on the way to Aquila

Vineyards of Stellenbausch

Relaxing by the pool before we were allowed in our room. They served us food, buffet style which was delicious!

Evening game drive - Chris had the back of the truck all to himself

We saw lots of zebra.

Eland - they are big!

More eland

Can you find the elephant?

The hippos weren't very accommodating.  They liked the water.

Cape Buffalo - these guys are mean.  This one charged the truck as we were in his path.

Wildebeest

These lions were so funny and very affectionate with each other.  The pride had about 6 lions in it and they were beautiful.  

View of accommodations at the reserve from our safari truck.

Our chalet and car.  

Look what they left us on the bed!

Outdoor shower anyone?

We took a morning quad bike safari int he morning which was really fun.  We got to see more of the reserve this way. 

Chris with the elephants in the background.

Our day spent here was tons of fun and we'd recommend it to anyone!