We are BACK and it was TRULY an AWESOME experience!!

Hello, Not sure if it is good to be back, too much responsibility here. Haha, cleaning, cooking, shopping....I did NOT miss that! We did so much in the span of 10 days, (2 days travel) 2 game drives almost every day, workshops including Rhino Poaching and Reptiles.  Visits to the Wildlife College and the Rehab. center, as well as lunch in the big city of Hoedspruit.  Everything, from the food to the animals and plants was truly amazing. I will try to include a few pics, we are trying to set up a website to drop photos in and to view.  I will probably host a South African Adventure presentation sometime in early Oct. as Lee Gutteridge, our Master tracker, guide and friend, will be here with his wife from Oct. 2-12. Thank you again all who visited this site, and who came on the trip:) Once again, it was a trip of a lifetime!!  Karen Cordero

July 15, day 9 of the South AfricanBoltonTravelers adventure

Hello all, So very sorry that I could not add to this blog sooner.  First time I am at a computer:) We have been up at 5:30 every morning, bfast by 6am then out on a game drive by 6:30am. It is amazing how easy it is for the travelers to wake up when they know we may see elephants, giraffe, hippo, Kudo, lion or Zebra.  We all will be up by 6am when we get back to the states.  haha. Our adventure has been fantastic! We have walked with Giraffe and Elephant. We have seen Leopard and all the grazers and brousers, and we have witnessed the feeding habits of lions eating including a Hyena eating the remains of a cape buffalo and 40 vultures scraping the leftovers!  We are very safe, and the guides (including Lee gutteridge the head guide) has made our visit wonderful, a trip of a lifetime! this is absolutely AWESOME! We visited a local village and played soccer (futbol) with a group of children who kicked our tchadra's. (asses) haha.  we lost miserably but had such a great time!  We danced and sang lots of shangaan songs and ate there typical food at the cultural village. It was quite an experience.  Today we met with a Richard who is the Warden of Kruger who is in charge of the rangers and taking care of poachers who come in and try to kill Rhino.  It was an shocking educational workshop.  Also the reptile man, Yens, taught a lesson on reptiles and had everyone hold and talk to SNAKES!! AWEsome again!! It has been a wonderful experience for all of us and we will have so many pics to share with all of you. I will not be able to write again so we will see you on Sat. 

Totsiens, (good bye)

Karen and the Bolton Travelers!!

8 hours to go!!

less than 8 hours to go!  I hope everyone is packed and ready to EXPLORE!!  4:50am tomorrow:)

Who is going?

6 Students from Bolton HS, Juniors, seniors and post-grads!
7 Adults from the Bolton and surrounding communities and ME!

WHEN DO WE GO?
We are Leaving Monday, July 7 and returning Saturday, July 19.
The Wild Olive Tree Camp, Kruger National Park  (this is the link to the website)

WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Traveling to the Wild Olive Tree Camp, Little Kruger National Park, South Africa
We will be camping, hiking, spelunking, cruising on open-air jeeps, training for tracking, and assisting in wildlife management at the park.

Here are the Bolton Travelers, with some very cool props!! taken Monday, June 30.