Day 4: Safari

I ended up going on a Semester at Sea trip today. The trip was $250 but someone was desperate to get rid of it so they sold it to me for $100. I was really excited! We went to Aquila Game reserve, which was a 2½ hour drive from Cape Town. I slept the whole way there. Once we got there they greeted us with sparkling grape juice and served us breakfast and then we went on a 2½ hour game drive. It was awesome! In South Africa, the “Big Five” are the main animals that you look for on safaris. It includes rhinos, elephants, buffalo, lions, and cheetahs. We saw rhinos, elephants, buffalos, ostriches and a giraffe. We stopped halfway and they served us wine and sparkling grape juice. Our guide was awesome and he took us a lot closer to the animals than the other guides did. Later, we saw lions, crocodiles, cheetahs, warthogs and a leopard in captivity. I’m not really sure why they were in captivity but it was still cool I guess. After our game drive, we had lunch and then drove back. Once I got back I went shopping around the waterfront and then had dinner.