Originally posted by GrayWolf:
We just returned from Mateya. The lodge was spectacular, even nicer than Singita. The art work was indescribable, and the staff wonderful. However this is now mid-summer -- the equivalent of the first week of August at home. It was VERY hot -- 95 when we first got there. Luckily the safari vehicles here had canvas canopies, so that helped shade us from the sun. We didn't see as many animals as at Singita -- I'm unsure how much that had to do with the heat, and how much it had to do with location and the restrictions about driving off-road. Here, they're not allowed to go off-road except for a confirmed big-5 sighting and then only 1000 feet from the road.
Betty
Betty, at Singita we had the same restriction that they could only go off-road for the Big 5. I didn't here anything about a 1000 foot rule, though.
