"My wife Claire and I had arrived in Cape Town exactly one month before, and these days at Gary Freeman Safaris had been circled on our calendar for a long time. Many of Claire's core childhood memories were spent here in the Greater Kruger, a huge swath of protected land to the west of Kruger National Park. She first told me about her Uncle Gary's camp on our first date."
"Our final five days were spent in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, a 148,000-acre tract that borders Kruger National Park, forming part of the vast Greater Kruger area, where animals travel freely. Claire's uncle is Gary, of Gary Freeman Safaris, who has been leading walking safaris here along the Klaserie River since 1993. The act of walking through a landscape with someone who has this much expertise is a singular experience."
"When we arrived at Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve, we were immediately struck by the remoteness and the severe landscape - and warmly welcomed by the staff with lunch at the lodge. The highlight of our time in the Drakensberg was hiking up to the top of Tugela Falls. With a drop of over 3,000 feet, this is the second tallest waterfall in the world; to attempt to capture the full grandeur of this place would be a fruitless exercise."
Arriving in Cape Town one month earlier, the trip centered on days at Gary Freeman Safaris in the Greater Kruger. Claire's childhood memories originate in that region, and the journey traversed the Garden Route, the Karoo and the Drakensberg. Mid-trip included time in the bush and family visits in Johannesburg before a week in Kruger National Park culminating with an exclusive walking safari in Klaserie Private Nature Reserve. Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve felt remote and severe, with a warm lodge welcome. The Drakensberg highlight was hiking to the top of Tugela Falls, which drops over 3,000 feet. The Klaserie spans 148,000 acres bordering Kruger where animals travel freely, and guided walking safaris by Gary Freeman since 1993 offer singular landscape immersion.
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