The day started at the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency at 09h00. We were welcomed and given some great promotional meterial just to let everyone who saw us know who we were and what we were doing. We all filed out to the two vehicles that were waiting for us, our Mini VW 1.6 Polo sadanand the Maxi's VW AMOROK. We filled up with fuel and headed out to Inkwenkwezi Pribvate Game Reserve for the official launch. Inkwenkwezi was kind enough to sponsor the event and they gave us a great send off after giving us a Mini vs Maxi lunch with a choice between a mini burger or a maxi burger. Jonker and sisa both braved the maxi burger even though they were in the mini team, I could only manage a mini burger but was happy with that.
We left inkwenkwezi and travelled into the Wild Coast to Morgan Bay where we were kindly hosted by Morgan Bay Hotel. The hotel is looking really fantastic and the rooms are incredible and not to mention the veiw, over looking the "wild" Indian Ocean. We drove past the Eish Airlines (The big pink plane) just before the Morgan Bay turn off. When we arrived at Morgan Bay we checked in and left for the lagoon where we enjoyed a canoe trip up river looking for the resident Fish Eagle.
We grabed a few drinks and headed up the Kranse where we enjoyed sundowners and were met by some interesting chaps returning to the Western Cape from a week up deep in the Wild Coast, Mpami where they seemed to have a great time exploring and fishing. We all enjoyed the awesome sunset and then proceeded down to the hotel again for a fresh shower and then dinner.
We will give an update on the tour again tomorrow evening on what we were up to on Day 2.
Untill then, Explore and enjoy the journey!!
Day 1 really was only a taste of what was to come. I enjoyed the canoe trip on the lagoon and the sunset on the Kranse was the ideal way to end of Day 1.
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