We leave early from the beautiful Ndzuti to reach our next destination, the Bongani Mountain Resort . After about three hours of driving we arrive in a village, small and poor and the TomTom tells us, at some point, that we have to turn right … But where we should turn there is almost nothing but a small and narrow strip of sand that goes up a slope. We decide to investigate better but it seems that once again TomTom is right … We climb along a road that define an unsealed road would be like giving a 5-star Michelin guide to a pizza / kebab shop near home. After a few kilometers we find an iron gate knocked down to the side and a shady figure emerges from a cage and asks us info on where we are going. After confabulating for a while on the radio, he shows us a little road and tells us that after about 7 – 8 km we will arrive at the Resort. We climb between bumps, rocks, bends, climbs and descents that seem to never end, only when TomTom says that we are missing 500 meters we begin to glimpse something of the structure, thatched roofs and wooden structures, the resort is so well integrated into nature that it can only be seen when walking along the paths that connect the individual chalets.
After a quiet and reserved welcome, they take us to our bungalow with a triple bed (ideal for sleeping with your grandchild in the middle …) indoor and outdoor shower and bathtub next to the bed. Let’s go eat because at three o’clock in the afternoon our first safari will leave. We relax a little and then down to the parking lot where a Toyota with 9 beautiful high places awaits us and our companion. Our driver and guide Simeon, a true force of nature as we will discover later.
We start walking along the uneven paths that extend into the huge park that surrounds the resort. Three hours of absolute tossing in search of animals that ends with Simeon that leaves the road (so to speak) and takes a field where breaking down bushes and trees leads us to meet a herd of elephants eating while eating they were moving along a canyon .
We return to have a shower and for dinner and discover that after sunset it is forbidden to move alone inside the resort because it is not protected by any protective fence and consequently the animals wander undisturbed. Therefore we call the reception to make us come and get dinner.