Those of you, who follow our blog, will be familiar with our
de-horning of our male rhino, and the brutal murder of his mother and butch,
his father. With world rhino day 2012 approaching we only felt it natural to
celebrate this day, not only for the rhinos we have lost on this very reserve;
but for the global loss of the 5 rhino species due to poaching.
We decided to get our guests geared up for this important
event by kick-starting the event on the Friday, when most of our guests were
set to arrive for the long weekend coming up. The first obvious sign to our
arriving guests as well as the passing traffic that Ubizane was in support of
World Rhino Day was our big banner on the gate clearly stating we are in
support of World Rhino Day 2012. On arrival at Zululand Tree Lodge and Zululand
Safari lodge guests received a bag of cookies, which were made in memory of our
late Butch. Our chef made delicious cookies in the shape of a rhino’s
footprint. This was almost an exact replica of Butch’s real foot print that is
by his skull in Tree Lodge Reception.
We tried to keep the entire two days as rhino themed as
possible, at Afternoon High Tea, which was served in The Fever Tree Forest.
Accompanying our normal delicious high tea treats were various flavored
biscuits cut into the shape of Rhinos. An informative statistics board was also
present; in order to further educate our guests on the seriousness of the
matter.
Dinner was served in the Tree Lodge Restaurant, and the
elegantly set tables were softly lit by the ambient glow of candles that
accompanied a rhino inspired place mat. With a crackling fire, soft lighting
and delicious food, it was an evening enjoyed by all.
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