Kyleu Bush Camp

Sue, my wife, was in the UK visiting our daughter and my brother, his wife and I decided to have a weekend camping in Denokeng Big 5 reserve.

Denokeng is a newish reserve quiet cclose to Pretoria (http://www.dinokengreserve.co.za/) so we did not have far to travel.
I get away a little earlier than them so arrived and set up my off road trailer before they got there with their Invader trailer. https://www.invader.co.za/.

We had selected Kyleu Bush Camp because we had seen their good reviews on Facebook and also because thet had private ablutions. http://kyleu.co.za/  .

Kyleu Bush Camp aims to position ourselves in the market for affordable, luxurious bushveld accommodation for those with tents, off-road trailers or caravans. Our main aim is to provide a memorable and unique bushveld experience accommodating all ages and abilities. The atmosphere of our camp will provide both tranquil environments for a secluded bushveld experience as well as activities and amenities for children for a more family orientated experience.

Kyleu Bush Camp will launch in various phases: our first phase has launched and is an open bush camp without fences. What a magical way to experience the bushveld.

After the short drive from home, only 120km's I arrived to a friendly welcome and easily found the site. The place looked amazing. Setting up camp was easy and I was soon settled

Each site has its own private ablution, with hot water from a gas geyser and a small LED lights in the ablutions, powered by a small battery. 

My brother and his wife soon arrived and we were all settled in. 

 The camp does not have any electricity, but that was not an issue for us as we both have solar panels to charge the batteries to power the fridges and provide lighting via inverters.

We had a braai that evening and early next morning the cleaners were active cleaning the braai and all other items which required cleaning, such as the file tray etc.

The campsite is un-fenced and this gives you a real feeling of being in the bush. 

There was a Wildebeest that took to sleeping near our camp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildebeest

The wildebeests, also called gnus, are a genus of antelopes, scientific name Connochaetes. They belong to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep and other even-toed horned ungulates. Connochaetes includes two species, both native to Africa: the black wildebeest, or white-tailed gnu (C. gnou); and the blue wildebeest, or brindled gnu (C. taurinus). Fossil records suggest these two species diverged about one million years ago, resulting in a northern and a southern species. The blue wildebeest remained in its original range and changed very little from the ancestral species, while the black wildebeest changed more in order to adapt to its open grassland habitat in the south. The most obvious way of telling the two species apart are the differences in their colouring and in the way their horns are oriented.

We took a few game drives around the reserve but our luck was not really in. Whilst we did see a few species, we did not see any Elephant or any of the cat family. However, we still had a very nice drive around. 

Had a lovely breakfast.

On our drive around we found a brewery, called Arlington Brewery and Cider. Very nice and we had a cider and something light to eat.

All too soon it was time to pack up and head back home.