Kruger National Park, South Africa - August 13-18, 2011
MoAfrica Lodge, Johannesburg
Saw our first Giraffes 5 minutes after leaving camp
African Fish Eagle
The Elephants would walk right by our Jeep and keep an eye on us ....
The "Bomo" where we'd eat our dinner each night under the stars
View from our Breakfast gazebo -- Pumba (Warthog) and Spider Monkeys would eat fruit each morning
Blue WildeBeest
Rare sighting of a Caracal (cat)
Dwarf Antelope
Zazu (hornbill) bird ... Africans call them Flying bananas
Impala were everywhere you look ...
Crocs sunning themselves
Hippos lurking in the water
A lot of times the elephants would get close enough to touch
Lion eating a Black Rhinoceros that had been poached (for the horn) the night before. Horns sell for upwards of $1M each in the Chinese markets (as an afrodesiac)
Southern Hornbill
Kudu ... before Vuvuzelas (horns), Africans would communicate over long distances by blowing into the hollow horns of the Kudu.
WaterBuck
Female Waterbuck and Baby
African (Cape) Buffalo
Our local bush guide "Bongani" teaching us about Elephant Dung
Termite mounds
Herd of Cape Buffalo -- one of the "Big 5" -- includes Lion, Leapord, Elephant, Buffalo, and Rhinoceros
Zebras with the Drakkenberg Mountain in the background (longest mountain in South Africa)
Baby Giraffes
Cheetah
White Rhinos
Tracking a Lion at night
Rare African Sable
Bush Breakfast
Male WaterBuck
Lionness
Hippopatumus lounging in the sun
Leopard lounging in a tree -- he got down and walked across the road right in front of our car -- very rare !!
Marking his territory
Hyena eating a fresh kill
Traffic Jam in Kruger National Park
Maholoholo Animal Rehabilitation Center -- Cheetah
Erin petting the Cheetah
African Wild Dog
Hyena
Honey Badger
The "Bomo" where we ate our dinner under the stars each night
The Keeleys with our bush guide "Bongani"
View from our Breakfast Table each morning
Baby Warthogs
Cheetah walking on the road next to us
Blythe River Canyon -- 3rd largest Canyon in the world
The Three Rondavels (Circles in African)
The last time this web page was updated ...... Monday, September 05, 2011
