We're just back from 3 nights up at Hluhluwe and Imfolozi where the weather was great, we saw lots of game and had a fantastic time.
On our second morning we got up really early for a game drive through to Imfolozi where Hermann assured us that we could fill the car up with petrol which was running dangerously low. Needless to say, we arrived at Mpila Camp only to find that the petrol pump was out of commission with not a drop of petrol in sight.
Hermann managed to persuade some fellow tourists to let him siphon off some petrol from their Toyota, and after much running around to procure the essentials, Hermann was finally armed with a bit of hose, a funnel and an empty water bottle. Half an hour later, after much sucking and blowing, it became apparent that the petrol tank of the Toyota did not like being probed with a fooshty bit of pipe and was 'siphon' proof.
This left us with 3 options:
1) Wait for the petrol lorry - due the previous Monday but had not turned up. Supposed to arrive sometime today (Thursday).
2) Attempt to make it to Mtubatuba with an empty tank of petrol - 40kms away, mostly downhill.
3) Attempt to make it back to Hilltop Camp with an empty tank of petrol - 40kms away, mostly uphill
Hermann decided on option number 2 - hence the erratic departure from Imfolozi as we free wheeled down every hill at great speed. We eventually wafted into Mtubatuba on petrol fumes only and were able to fill up the tank. Turns out we only had 70 mls of petrol left in the tank!
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