This last Friday the 23 February the Sunway Safaris & Mask Expeditions office team had our year end Xmas party. Yes I know you are probably asking why Xmas in February? Well as you know we are running our scheduled departures throughout the year and our November and December departures in 2017 kept us from enjoying a year end function so February it was.

This year we did something a little different and went off-roading at Hennops 4x4 Trail followed by a braai with drinks. Now for those that don’t know, Off-roading is the activity of driving a 4x4 vehicle on un-surfaced roads or tracks, made of materials such as sand, gravel, riverbeds, mud, rocks, and other natural terrain. We left the office at 8am on Friday and headed north to the Hennops River Valley for our outdoor adventure. After arrival at the 4x4 trail we unhitched the trailer and headed off into the Donga’s (drainage gully) for some play time.

There is a long Donga with a series of obstacles that need to be crossed from either side which everybody in the team had the opportunity to drive through. Some of us being experienced drivers and other trying this out for the first time.

We then headed out on a circular route with a water crossing and a few very nice challenging hill climbs across rocky surfaces. Lots of fun was had by all whilst driving the 3 (Land Rover 110, Toyota Land Cruiser & Toyota Land Cruiser Prado) 4x4 vehicles around the course.

After the circular route we headed down to the Lapa (braai area) for a braai (chicken and beef prego rolls) and a few drinks. Then the shooters arrived and fines where handed out to the team for their contribution to the company over the last year. Something very interesting  at Hennops is that you find what we call a Zonky!! This is a cross breeding of a Donkey and a Zebra which looks fairly similar to the Quagga which is an extinct subspecies of plains zebra that lived in South Africa until the 19th century. 

All in all a great day was had by all and we would all like to thanks Bruce & Shaun for the great company we work for and the Xmas in February party that was enjoyed by all that attended.