Visit to Kruger Park, South Africa

We went for to Kruger National park for a long weekend when I lived in South Africa. The drive was very long but the scenery and little towns on the way were quite nice with a couple of stops on the way to stretch.

This is the second picture we took, but I decided it will be the first one on the post because I think it is bright, nice and decent.

Bird with orange beak. What’s its name, again?

You see this next photo? This is the first one I took but I do not think that it is cute or dignified enough to be the first one on the post.  The pile below is not any ordinary organic matter/manure, it is rhino poo loo.   Who knew that rhinos only use one place over and over as their loo?  Now you have learnt something important if you did not know 🙂

Rhino loo

Kudu (type of antelope)

 

Female Nyala

 

White rhino – a rare sight (we couldn’t get closer)

Kitchen at the first camp in the Park

 

Antelope? Crocodile? Bear? Nyala? Who knows?!?

 

Yes, you got it right – a giraffe

Blue wildebeest, so called because of its bluish hue

 

These little animals were everywhere!

 

I can’t remember the name, but these little fellows like perching on boulders

 

Happy hippos

 

Meerkat.  Too bad it was not standing on its hind feet.  I would have loved to see that.

Bird? Yes, it’s a bird, beautiful too but I like the sharp blue sky as well

 

Beautiful sunset on our second evening at Kruger Park

 

Our safari van was just about 5 meters from the lions and yet they were not bothered. After all, they were born and bred in the Park so they are used to traffic. (Sorry, my camera did not do well at night)

I hope you will enjoy my amateur  video of a leopard at night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12dg-5Rd3s8

Vultures – not pretty birds but they play their part in the circle of life.

Which photo of zebras do you prefer?

This one?  Zebras in a queue

 

Or this one? Zebras from a different angle

 

Family of warthogs

We videotaped two elephants as we were about to exit the Park.  They wre less than ten meters from our car and the driver was ready to take off in case of any danger.

First elephant enjoying its meal:  http://youtu.be/ZMFMYDKtVMo

Exiting Kruger Park. Bye!!

 

Part of the Drakensberg mountain range.

 

Looks like one of the pictures I used to see in Bible story books.

 

Colliery – many people (especially opposition political parties) were against money being pumped into this industry.

I like the shadow of the cloud on the mountain

 

I had a great time at Kruger, had delicious food and enjoyed my loved ones’  company.

I leave you with this video of this majestic animal which was breaking the tree as if it was nothing.  You should have seen the elephants also stripping bark off trees – awe inspiring.

Second elephant – the one that was in the background in the first video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=–DcYCy2mSI&feature=youtu.be