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Makweti Safari Lodge

  • February 5, 2006
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Seaotter71 from Monterey, California
Makweti Safari Lodge

Eating at Makweti is an exquisite and constant affair. Your typical day looks like this:

At 6am you stumble unto the main lodge for tea/coffee and biscuits. Not being a coffee drinker, I discovered rooibos (pronounced royboss). Roiboss is Afrikaans for red bush, an endemic South African plant. The tea is smooth and flavorful and naturally caffeine-free, and the low percentage of tannins keeps it from becoming bitter. Many people take it with milk and sugar. Hopefully by now you are awake enough to find the Jeep.

Halfway through your morning game drive, you’ll stop for a morning snack of muffins or other pastries with tea, coffee, or hot chocolate.

After your drive, you’ll return to the lodge for a proper breakfast overlooking the mountains. You’ll have minute steaks, eggs... the whole nine yards.

After a well-deserved post breakfast nap, it will be time for lunch. The thing I remember the most is the ostrich lasagna. Outstanding!

After lunch, if you are so inclined, you can head out for an afternoon game drive. As the sun dipped below the mountains, Andrew would pull over and break out snacks: cheeses, nuts, stuffed peppers, or little meat pies. And, of course, there were the Sundowners: tea, coffee, chocolate, port, or amarulla, a cream liqueur made from a South African nut. The taste is like that of Irish cream.

Back at the lodge, you have a little time before dinner. Still recovering from wedding stress, we usually took another nap. We did not get to use the boma, as evenings were still a little chilly, and thus ate in the main dining room. The ladies in the kitchen pulled out all the stops at dinner. Meals usually started with a soup. I especially remember a marrow (squash, not bone) soup that would raise the dead. Some of the entrees were cooked in a single pot, with all the ingredients melding together. Desserts were mostly custards. Everything was delicious.

Meals were part of the accommodation, and the dining room is only open to lodge guests.

For more information go to www.makweti.com

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