Monkeys peer from the branches and watch one's every move with intent curiosity.
After tea the guests are taken on an early morning game drive in the open Land Rover with a ranger and Shangaan tracker. The game drive traverses the bush on the Notten's land, following the spoor and scent of nocturnal animals and avoiding trees which have been trampled by elephant, but sticking predominantly to the dirt roads that make their way through the bush. A variety of yoghurts and cereals accompany the fruit as well as freshly baked cheese or bran muffins. The glorious smells of the hot cheese muffins always seem to entice all the vervet monkeys in the Sabi Sands but somehow they never seem to get their grubby hands on them. A choice of eggs are on offer accompanied by grilled tomato with oreganum, crispy chips, giant black mushrooms done with thyme, crunchy bacon and our world famous home-kudu boerewors.