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Sophie Isabella Steyn - our new addition to the family

AeroPink Nelspruit

This is who I am now 

Its come to an end

Ok its been a while since my last entry. In fact we have been back in South Africa for 4 months already. I just couldn't write anything in my last few months at Klein's Camp. I wasn't in a good frame of mind - too much stress.


Without going onto any detail, just know that not all was as it seemed - I still can't say what I personally really felt about things in Tanzania.


I am very happy to be out of Tanzania and back home. It is definitely a place I will always remember and I had many a good time there, but home time is home time. They almost never let us leave, thanks to some arsehole's inability to do his job in a customer facing role and then booked a seat for us on the plane that didn't even exist.


The thing I will miss most about Tanzania is the staff at Kleins Camp, they are truly the best we've ever worked with and the goodbye was emotional to say the least. We miss them everyday.


Being back in SA has it's own challenges, like starting a new business, Tiff on maternity leave (new baby beautiful Sophie is 8 weeks now) and Jackie having to go to school with the cost of living being sky high, while earning zero salaries being the most challenging chapter yet.


So we say goodbye to The East African Adventure and say "Hello" to The South African Chapter and more intimately, the Aeropink Nelspruit and Family Chapter.


No matter where you are in Africa - it is still Steyn'd, but hard to leave. Catch you soon.

Borehole issues

SO! Now our borehole has collapsed. Amazing how the shit just keeps on piling up.


Our water started running out a few days ago and we have cleaned the pump and yet still there was not enough water. We had to get our tractor to bring water from our bottom reservoir to our top camp reservoir so we and the guests (full camp still) could have water. I was going home at 4:30PM and saw our tractor reversing it's loaded trailer carrying the 5000l water tank where we would decanter into the 30,000l tanks above the camp.

First load of about 9000L took us 2hrs round trip to complete. As the tractor was reversing it tippled over and the 5000l water drum fell into the reservoir smashing itself into pieces and breaking the pipes and taps joining tank 2 &3 in the reservoir. So we had to add pipe and bi-pass one 10,000l tank

Long story short – after 2hrs of blood sweat and (almost) tears, in the rain I might add, we  managed to salvage some water and  are using only 2 tanks now at the top.

We have now had to borrow a water tanker from one of our neighbours, which is doing 3 round trips a day to Bologonja and it is still not enough water. 

The drilling rig is only coming later in the week, so we are in a bit of trouble here and it is going to cost around US$40,000. I need to go on leave, especially since on top of all this and previous crap mentioned in earlier blogs, I have been accused of using non-villagers to patrol our land for cows. 

Its so funny (not really) how I am being dictated to by a few greedy Maasai who want it all, how I am allowed to run my operation here.

Financial month-end, then holiday for a month in SA. It cannot come fast enough!

The Migration Arrives

Amber and Ant arrived to visit us and arrive just in time they did. Yesterday the migration was in full flow through the concession. Below is a video taken from our house this morning.


Last year the wildebeest arrived on 24 August and were two months early. This year they arrived on 20 August. We believe it is because we have had some winter rains and now some of the wildebeest instead of crossing the Mara River are heading East to us for some good grazing.

My clever little Golfer

Jackie playing golf in our bedroom. I must add that I get a shot for every 30 of his :)