This is a sneaky monkey that managed to creep through the office, and into the kitchen looking for a quick bite to eat. When I opened the door to let him out he decided that wasn't good enough! He ran up and down the window sill for long enough for me to grab my phone and record him. But he would of course only break the ashtrays as I manage to open the window to free him!! These monkeys are really something you need to see for yourself to understand why they are so entertaining.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Finally time to Blog!
I can't believe i have finally managed to get the time to set this blog up! I feel as though i have been in the dark ages for the past two years (i have two year old triplets...doesn't leave much time to do anything else!!! :)
I am very privelaged to be able to live in one of the most amazing places in South Africa. Thunzi has a special feel about it which everyone notices on arrival. It took seconds for my husband and i to decide that this was going to be the place we discover our dream and build a bush lodge...that was 7 years ago!
We are very popular with honeymooners as well as for any special occasion. The birding is magnisfiscent and you will seldomly go for more than 5 minutes without spotting a Knysna Loerie. The mist normally rolls in from the sea in the evening and this is the best time for our very elusive buff spotted flufftails to emerge and "hoot" (sounds like a fog horn) till the early hours of the morning. We have yet to see one even after many hours of searching, sometimes getting as close as a meter away and yet still no luck! (We have an on going "competition", if any guest spots and photographs a flufftail for us at Thunzi their entire stay will be on the house!) Our two bass dams attract many more of our feathered creatures and normally also bring in the cormorants from the ocean which is only two km away. Which reminds me a must is the sand boarding, the sand dunes are MASSIVE and offers hours of fun for you and the kids.
I'm quite excited about this "blog thing" and hope that all our guests that have stayed with us join us in writing about their experiences and adventures at Thunzi and throughout South Africa.
For now Michael (Thunzi manager) and I are trying to figure out how to load the clip of the Vervet Monkeys trying to steal food.
We'll get the hang of this...eventually :)
I am very privelaged to be able to live in one of the most amazing places in South Africa. Thunzi has a special feel about it which everyone notices on arrival. It took seconds for my husband and i to decide that this was going to be the place we discover our dream and build a bush lodge...that was 7 years ago!
We are very popular with honeymooners as well as for any special occasion. The birding is magnisfiscent and you will seldomly go for more than 5 minutes without spotting a Knysna Loerie. The mist normally rolls in from the sea in the evening and this is the best time for our very elusive buff spotted flufftails to emerge and "hoot" (sounds like a fog horn) till the early hours of the morning. We have yet to see one even after many hours of searching, sometimes getting as close as a meter away and yet still no luck! (We have an on going "competition", if any guest spots and photographs a flufftail for us at Thunzi their entire stay will be on the house!) Our two bass dams attract many more of our feathered creatures and normally also bring in the cormorants from the ocean which is only two km away. Which reminds me a must is the sand boarding, the sand dunes are MASSIVE and offers hours of fun for you and the kids.
I'm quite excited about this "blog thing" and hope that all our guests that have stayed with us join us in writing about their experiences and adventures at Thunzi and throughout South Africa.
For now Michael (Thunzi manager) and I are trying to figure out how to load the clip of the Vervet Monkeys trying to steal food.
We'll get the hang of this...eventually :)
This is Thunzi Bush Lodge!
In the shadow of the valley, the call of the Fish Eagle breaks the tranquil night's silence
The sun rises lazily over the hill, its reflection in the dam waters rippling across the surface
The sounds of the nearby sea dance over giant sand dunes on the morning breeze while the marsh reeds rustle as streaks of sunlight filter through indigenous trees
The jade green of dew-tipped leaves echoes in the feathers of perching Knysna Loeries
Monkeys clutch their sleepy young, and survey their surroundings from safe branches
Bushbuck lift their heads and twitch their curious ears in anticipation of the new day
This is another dawning of Africa in all its raw beauty -
This is Thunzi Bush Lodge.
The sun rises lazily over the hill, its reflection in the dam waters rippling across the surface
The sounds of the nearby sea dance over giant sand dunes on the morning breeze while the marsh reeds rustle as streaks of sunlight filter through indigenous trees
The jade green of dew-tipped leaves echoes in the feathers of perching Knysna Loeries
Monkeys clutch their sleepy young, and survey their surroundings from safe branches
Bushbuck lift their heads and twitch their curious ears in anticipation of the new day
This is another dawning of Africa in all its raw beauty -
This is Thunzi Bush Lodge.
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