I love love love Exeter River Lodge! The people, the animals, and the accommodations are all amazing. I'm not joking when I say that my room was maybe twice the size of my apartment. It had a private plunge pool, gorgeous deck looking over the river, and multiple showers (indoors and outdoors). If you havent ever showered in an outdoor shower, I highly recommend that you do so. It was pretty comical to have elephants, monkeys, and impala watching you shower. Only in Africa, right?
At this point I was pretty accustomed to the random animals cruising around the camps. For whatever reason the monkeys and baboons were particularly interested in us during the daytime. One afternoon dad and I were playing a game of Yahtzee outside on my deck. I turned around and walked 2 feet from the game when something caught my eye. I quickly turned back to catch a monkey with a dice in his hand. He ran up the tree with it in his mouth, trying to eat it and then just playing catch with another monkey! It was unbelievable!
In terms of big game, I finally saw a pride of lions. There were 2 male, 2 female, and 6 cubs (approx. 8 months old). These particular lions are so accustomed to the vehicles that we were able to get within 5 or 10 feet of the animals. It always made my heart race a bit as the lions would lock eyes with me and walk along the side of the jeep. I didn't know this when I started my trip, but most of the animals cant actually see the people when they are inside the jeep. Their eyesight is pretty bad so they just see the outline of the car and think its a big object. This is why you cant stand up or leave the vehicle at any time, it would change the shape of the car and you would pretty much be attacked within 2 seconds. Not scary at all....
Here are some pictures of other animals... first off, a male leopard on a search for some food. too bad we watched him hunt and miss his prey. and finally throughout the whole trip i made baby animals a requirement for any stop we made (joking of course) but for whatever reason we only saw rhinos with babies (this one is 3 months old)... very rare for this time of year, but i guess they are just drawn to me like i am to them :)
At this point I was pretty accustomed to the random animals cruising around the camps. For whatever reason the monkeys and baboons were particularly interested in us during the daytime. One afternoon dad and I were playing a game of Yahtzee outside on my deck. I turned around and walked 2 feet from the game when something caught my eye. I quickly turned back to catch a monkey with a dice in his hand. He ran up the tree with it in his mouth, trying to eat it and then just playing catch with another monkey! It was unbelievable!
In terms of big game, I finally saw a pride of lions. There were 2 male, 2 female, and 6 cubs (approx. 8 months old). These particular lions are so accustomed to the vehicles that we were able to get within 5 or 10 feet of the animals. It always made my heart race a bit as the lions would lock eyes with me and walk along the side of the jeep. I didn't know this when I started my trip, but most of the animals cant actually see the people when they are inside the jeep. Their eyesight is pretty bad so they just see the outline of the car and think its a big object. This is why you cant stand up or leave the vehicle at any time, it would change the shape of the car and you would pretty much be attacked within 2 seconds. Not scary at all....
Here are some pictures of other animals... first off, a male leopard on a search for some food. too bad we watched him hunt and miss his prey. and finally throughout the whole trip i made baby animals a requirement for any stop we made (joking of course) but for whatever reason we only saw rhinos with babies (this one is 3 months old)... very rare for this time of year, but i guess they are just drawn to me like i am to them :)
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