Our first Game Reserve excursion – Lion\’s and Tigers and Bears…oh my!…..:-) (Well, Lion\’s anyway!)
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They of course can make “tracks” wherever and whenever they want too….:-)
Cars wait for Mom and baby
Zebra skin details….
That’s over 2000 lbs of pure beast
Rhino troop
Out of the bush
Black Rhino’s
Most of the vegetarian animals heard as they all have different ways of sussing out predators
Let’s get the bugs out
This bird is doing a bit of ear maintenance on this little guy
See the bird on his back?
Warthog
Giraffe
Mom and baby
Monkey Bars (They’re Baboons)
Lone Lion – we were told it was unlikely we’d see any of the big cats here, but this guy was the first thing was saw when we entered the park
Springbok – AKA: “Cat Food”
Baboon mother with infant
Hluhluwe (pronounce Schloo-shoo-ee) is one of South Africa’s premier public game reserves. It’s enormous
Hluhluwe (pronounce Schloo-shoo-ee) is one of South Africa’s premier public game reserves. It’s enormous
Winner has been declared
A local within the last year was surprised by a hippo in his yard and it took his leg off!…Not kidding. The chap survived.
You can see they can get a bit ferocious in settling disputes
Many hippos go to local hotel swimming pools when the water becomes too salty from the ocean
I think this was a King Fisher??
Despite their non meat eating status, more people are killed annually in South Africa by Cape Buffalo AND Hippos than any of the “big cats”
Too keep cool, they spend most of their days in the water
Hippos are social creatures with a pecking order
River boat
Hippos are vegetarian and drink freshwater
There were about 5 different boats that did tours off this dock
Keep a watch
This bird’s nest looks like a ball of rubber bands
Local Zulu Warriors…..literally!
Hippos on the estuary
St. Lucia is about HIPPOS!
Not as big as their Aussie Cousins, but just as lethal
St. Lucia wetlands has a connection to the Indian Ocean. We’re about 120 miles north of Richard’s Bay, South Africa
