Check this out guys…. I get to go to some of the most amazing places, and one of them is
Shibula Lodge in the Welgevonden Private Game Reserve, near Vaalwater in Limpopo. Desre and Laurie Roux are the managers at this five star, AA Superior Lodge, with new ranger, Matthew doing the game drives and early morning shifts 
. (sometimes at 4.30am I might add!) 
Des and Laurie have been at Shibula for a good couple of years now and I have been privileged to be able to spend time with them and get to know them on numerous occasions. But enough about them 
. Let me tell you about Shibula. The most luxurious rooms…well you cant really call them rooms. They are more like luxury townhouses, with 
bathrooms almost as big as the rooms, a lounge area to match, enviable Persian carpets scattered everywhere and breathtaking views over the bushveld and cliffs. 
As I was the only guest in the lodge, I was spoilt rotten by Laurie, Desre and Matthew. I even even got to have dinner with Mat and Laurie!!! Rich home-made butternut and ginger soup, fillets braaied to absolute perfection and a surprise desert that I literally force-fed myself so that I didnt miss out The boys were excellent company and did not disappoint as they related crazy stories about their experiences in the bush…some hysterically funny and others pretty sobering. 
As usual, I slept like a 
log (always do when I am in this part of the world) partly because of the top quality mattresses on the beds 
and partly because of the beautiful serine stillness of the bush, with only the sounds of jackal howling and the occasional barking of the baboons up in the crags and cliffs. Morning saw me, once again, having to move on and after a wonderful breakfast served by the MOST friendly, attentive waiters, I hit the road… Thanks again to Mat, Des and Laurie for hosting me and ALWAYS giving me the feeling of “I neeeed to live here!!!” To get more info or to book at this “SUPERIOR” place check out their FB page https://www.facebook.com/shibula.lodge?fref=ts or visit their website at www.shibulalodge.co.za