Vhembe Bush Camp

Vhembe Bush Camp

We "quickly" made our way to Vhembe Bush Camp. The roads inside the park are in a better condition than the potholed roads outside and the T-Cross handled it all very well. There was no caretaker to meet us, but we had been given our keys for unit 1 (1 of 4 units) and excitedly walked UP the steep incline from car park to the units. Keys require a bit of jiggling to get doors open, but WOW!!! The views are to die for… This was perfect!!! Baring a couple of holes in the mesh "windows" and once you get over the fact that these mesh sides of the A-frames don't close and you are in an unfenced campsite, it's all good. I actually can't rave enough about Vhembe. The caretaker who arrived back from leave the next day sorted out the swimming pool and we had a magical little splash around and looked out across the stunning valley. Their communal kitchen actually has everything you could need. There's a bit of solar powered electricity in the units, for the lighting and to charge your phones etc. Individual braai areas are lovely and the views from your own private balconies is once again just utterly amazing. As soon as the local spurfowl wake you at the crack of dawn, I was enticed to get up and start watching the bush surrounding us come alive. Best views of elephant and kudu passing us, along with impala, zebra, eland and entertaining baboons which thankfully kept their distance and don't seem to be a problem at this camp. Vhembe camp is near to the River Road and therefore there was always good sightings nearby. Not the least of which was a female leopard with her 2 grown up cubs. Pel's Fishing Owl We hired Luula Leonard to show us the Pel's Fishing Owl and he did not disappoint. We had an excellent morning with him and got to see so much. He is extremely knowledgeable and experienced, so we highly recommend doing the game drives in this Park.

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