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BER

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AV

EL

9

Sam

ara

is h

om

e to

mo

re th

an

20 c

heeta

h, w

hic

h h

ave b

een

intro

du

ced

with

the h

elp

of th

eD

e W

ildt C

heeta

h a

nd

Wild

life T

rust

Sp

ace, fre

sh

air a

nd

the w

ide-o

pen

Karo

o s

kie

s a

re in

dig

en

ou

s to

Sam

ara

Priv

ate

Gam

e R

eserv

e

ima

gin

e

it a

nd

c

ou

ld

be

liev

e

tha

t th

isd

ete

rm

ine

d

wo

ma

n

will

ov

er

se

e

the

fru

ition

of

ye

t an

oth

er d

rea

m.

Ad

do

Ele

ph

an

t Pa

rk lie

s an

ho

ur’s jo

ur-

ne

y so

uth

an

d S

ara

h w

ou

ld lik

e to

see

aw

ildlife

co

rrid

or o

pe

ne

d th

at w

ou

ld a

llow

the

an

ima

ls to ro

am

as th

ey

on

ce

did

. Itd

oe

s see

m p

ossib

le a

nd

Sa

ra

h a

nd

Ma

rka

re le

av

ing

a le

ga

cy

no

t on

ly fo

r th

eir

ch

il-d

ren

bu

t for th

e fu

ture.

Ju

st as th

ey

we

re c

ha

rm

ed

by

tha

t first

visit, so

wa

s I. I too

tho

ug

ht o

fth

e K

aro

o a

sa

ba

rre

n w

aste

lan

d to

be

ra

ce

d th

rou

gh

on

the

wa

y to

the

co

ast.

I mig

ht h

av

e re

me

m-

be

red

v

isiting

G

ra

aff-R

ein

et,

bu

t w

asn

’tsu

re. La

ter c

on

ve

rsa

tion

s co

nfir

me

d th

at I

ha

d in

de

ed

visite

d, b

ut th

at’s h

ow

va

gu

eth

em

em

ory

wa

s for m

e. T

he

reg

ion

’s rep

uta

tion

do

es a

pp

ea

r to

be

ch

an

gin

g. M

an

y sm

all K

aro

o to

wn

sa

resh

ow

ing

incre

asin

g to

urism

sav

vy

as m

ore

trav

elle

rs ta

ke

an

inte

rest in

ex

plo

rin

g o

ffth

e b

ea

ten

tra

ck

. T

he

lod

ge

is bu

ilt like

a ty

pic

al K

aro

oh

om

este

ad

– sim

ple

co

rm

ak

es fo

r a m

ore

co

mfo

rta

ble

am

bia

nce. T

he

wid

e v

era

nd

ae

ch

oe

s tha

t of

a tr

ad

ition

al K

aro

o h

om

e

an

d th

e d

inin

gro

om

ho

sted

no

t on

ly b

rea

k-

fast b

ut a

n in

tima

te su

pp

er w

ith M

ark

an

dS

ara

h.

Yo

u g

et a

rea

l sen

se o

fth

e v

arie

ty a

nd

spa

ce

of

the

rese

rv

e a

nd

the

an

ima

ls wh

ileo

n a

ga

me

driv

e. Th

e fir

st sur

prise

wa

s tofin

d h

ot w

ate

r b

ottle

s on

ea

ch

sea

t. “

It is win

ter a

fter a

ll,” sm

iled

Sa

ra

h a

sw

e, a

ll sea

son

ed

lod

ge

visito

rs, e

xcla

ime

do

ve

r th

is u

nu

sua

l d

eta

il – th

e n

ex

t b

est

thin

g to

insta

lling

win

do

ws a

nd

he

atin

g in

the

ve

hic

les.

Th

at

first

nig

ht,

ra

ng

er

Le

s to

ok

u

str

ack

ing

ch

ee

tah

. S

ara

h

an

d

Ma

rk

are

co

mm

itted

to sto

ck

ing

the

se e

nd

an

ge

red

an

ima

ls

on

th

e

re

se

rv

e

an

d

ha

ve

n

ot

allo

we

d lio

ns to

be

bro

ug

ht in

. With

he

lpfro

m th

e D

e W

ildt C

he

eta

h a

nd

Wild

lifeT

ru

st ne

ar H

artb

ee

spo

ort, th

e re

serv

e is

no

w h

om

e to

mo

re th

an

20 c

he

eta

h.

We

we

re o

n S

ibe

lla’s tr

ail, S

ibe

lla a

nd

he

r

prid

e

of

cu

bs.

Bo

rn

w

ild,

Sib

ella

alm

ost d

ied

at th

e h

an

ds o

fh

un

ters. S

he

wa

s resc

ue

d, u

nd

erw

en

t an

op

era

tion

an

dw

as re

ha

bilita

ted

at D

e W

ildt.

Th

e c

he

eta

h w

ea

r r

ad

io c

olla

rs a

nd

Le

stu

ne

d in

to th

e r

ad

io sig

na

ls on

a d

ev

ice

tha

t loo

ke

d lik

e a

n o

ld c

ellp

ho

ne.

He

fou

nd

Sib

ella

. We

trek

ke

d u

p a

rock

yp

ath

to fin

d h

er w

ith h

er c

ub

s, wh

ich

loo

klik

e b

ig, fa

t pla

yfu

l ca

ts. Th

e g

limp

se w

as

brie

f. Sib

ella

wa

s on

the

hu

nt a

ga

in a

nd

he

rcu

bs fo

llow

ed

the

ir m

oth

er.

Bu

t it wa

s rew

ard

ing

, as o

nly

clo

se-u

pe

nco

un

ters w

ith w

ildlife

ca

n b

e. We

stoo

dm

etre

s aw

ay

from

he

r a

s she

slun

k a

wa

yin

to th

e sh

ad

ow

s of

a se

tting

sun

. S

afe

ty is u

pp

er

mo

st at a

ll time

s, with

Le

s co

oin

g to

he

r a

s we

ap

pro

ach

ed

in sin

-g

le file

an

d w

ith str

ict in

stru

ctio

ns n

ot to

tur

n o

ur b

ack

s o

n h

er.

We

h

ad

a

no

the

rg

limp

se o

fch

ee

tah

late

r in

the

we

ek

en

d,

wh

en

L

es

fou

nd

M

oza

rt

an

d

Be

eth

ov

en

,tw

o b

ach

elo

r ca

ts b

ask

ing

u

nd

er a

tre

e.A

ga

in

we

sto

od

h

ush

ed

a

s w

e

wa

tch

ed

the

m. T

he

y lo

ok

ed

at u

s wa

rily

: ca

t an

dh

um

an

in a

qu

asi k

ind

of

co

nta

ct.

Th

e re

serv

e te

em

ed

with

a w

ide

va

rie

tyo

fg

am

e, te

stam

en

t to th

e T

om

pk

ins’ c

om

-m

itme

nt. P

rou

d e

lan

d slid

into

the

bu

sh,

bu

ffalo

fra

me

d a

vie

w o

fsk

y a

nd

rollin

gp

lain

s a

nd

w

e

saw

he

rds

of

sprin

gb

ok

,b

lack

wild

eb

ee

st, ze

bra

, ory

x, r

hin

o a

nd

gir

affe.

Ero

sion

ca

use

d

by

fa

rm

ing

is

be

ing

ad

dre

ssed

b

y

the

p

lan

ting

o

fsp

ek

bo

om

(Po

rtu

laca

ria

afra

), wh

ich

gro

ws p

red

om

i-n

an

tly in

the

Ea

ster

n C

ap

e a

nd

is on

e o

fth

e p

lan

t spe

cie

s tha

t is pa

rtic

ula

rly su

ited

to se

mi-a

rid

co

nd

ition

s.

Fo

r th

e p

ast y

ea

r, Sa

ma

ra

ha

s be

en

ru

n-

nin

g a

co

mm

un

ity/e

nv

iron

me

nta

l aw

are

-n

ess p

roje

ct: g

rou

ps o

fp

up

ils from

sch

oo

lsin

the

are

a c

om

eto

the

rese

rv

e to

lea

rn

ab

ou

t the

en

viro

nm

en

t an

d g

et e

xp

osu

re to

the

ho

spita

lity in

du

stry.

Gu

ests

to

Sa

ma

ra

ca

n

he

lp

with

th

isp

roje

ct b

y d

on

atin

g R

300 p

er c

uttin

g: th

is isu

sed

to fu

nd

tra

nsp

ort c

osts, p

ottin

g so

ila

nd

oth

er m

ate

ria

ls. A

s I wa

lke

d to

my

suite

late

on

e n

igh

t Ife

lt, for a

n in

stan

t as if

I wa

s all a

lon

e in

the

Ka

ro

o.

Th

e

sta

rs

twin

kle

d

ag

ain

st

the

bla

ck

sky

an

d fo

r a se

co

nd

the

vo

ice

s of

oth

-e

r g

ue

sts fad

ed

. I felt a

s tho

ug

h I w

as lo

st intim

e.

❐S

am

ara

is

offer

ing

a

free

exten

sion

to

bo

ok

ing

s in

S

eptem

ber.

Fro

m

Sep

temb

er

thro

ug

h O

ctob

er, after

the sp

rin

g ra

ins, th

e

Grea

t K

aro

o

green

s u

p.

Th

is is

yo

ur

op

po

rtu

nity

to ex

per

ience it.

Reser

ve

a tw

o-n

igh

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at S

am

ara

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n th

efie

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of

the

c

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mo

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ho

will b

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ing

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ir sig

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ill be

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up

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be

r 7

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n to

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nd

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m to

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no

on

to 4

pm

an

d 5

pm

to 9

pm

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nd

ay,

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mb

er 9

: 12 n

oo

n to

4p

m.

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is esse

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l. Th

is ca

n b

e d

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eth

rou

gh

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the

mo

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tro-

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b,

pa

lm-n

ut-

infu

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ch

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ma

du

mb

e a

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w

ild m

ush

roo

m m

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s an

d a

n e

xq

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m-a

nd

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ric

e m

ela

ng

ein

spire

d b

y th

e S

en

eg

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se n

atio

na

l dish

thieb

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dien

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re

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c

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th

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H

ou

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Afr

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Cu

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ith A

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ra

pid

o, a

Su

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co

lum

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Fo

ie g

ra

s “ta

rte

Ta

tin”

Se

rv

es 4

Fo

ie g

ra

s:

1 w

ho

le fo

ie g

ra

s S

alt a

nd

pe

pp

er

10g

bro

wn

sug

ar

50m

l Ar

ma

gn

ac

50m

l Po

rt

Pre

he

at o

ve

n to

80°C

Re

mo

ve

the

ve

ssels in

the

live

r, the

n so

ak

in w

ar

mw

ate

r. Se

aso

n w

ith sa

lt an

d p

ep

pe

r a

nd

sprin

kle

with

sug

-a

r, Ar

ma

gn

ac a

nd

Po

rt.

Pla

ce

into

a sm

all te

rrin

e a

nd

co

ve

r w

ith c

ling

wra

p,

clo

se te

rrin

e a

nd

co

ok

in a

ba

in-m

arie

for a

bo

ut 3

5 m

inu

tes.

Allo

w to

rest in

frid

ge

for a

few

da

ys; th

e fla

vo

ur w

illim

pro

ve.

Ta

rte

Tatin

:

3 G

ra

nn

y S

mith

ap

ple

s, pe

ele

d, c

ore

d a

nd

cu

t into

eig

ht

to 1

2 w

ed

ge

s50g

bu

tter

80g

ca

stor su

ga

r20cm

dia

me

ter p

uff

pa

stry

Pre

he

at o

ve

n to

180°C

. F

ry

ap

ple

with

bu

tter in

an

18cm

pa

n th

at c

an

go

in th

eo

ve

n (n

o p

lastic

ha

nd

le).

Ad

d su

ga

r a

nd

allo

w to

ca

ra

me

lise.

Co

ve

r a

pp

les in

the

pa

n w

ith p

uff

pa

stry, m

ak

ing

sure

the

pa

stry

go

es to

the

bo

ttom

of

the

pa

n b

y tu

ck

ing

it inw

ith a

spo

on

.M

ak

e sm

all in

cisio

ns in

the

pa

stry

to p

rev

en

t it stea

m-

ing

an

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mily

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2 y

ears

on

, it is s

till go

ing

stro

ng

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