Kruger National Park, South Africa

The first full day here starts at 0430 but its okay because we’re not at work, we’re on SAFARI!!! Today we go to Kruger National Park in the van. On the way in the dark we see a magnificent giraffe standing in the road. The day was spent driving around the park looking for animals. There are camps around where you can get snacks, drinks, bathrooms and little souvenirs.

One of the stops had an African Scops Owl.

Another had a walkway by the water where we saw another hippo and crocodile floating along.

This monkey looked Curt up and down.

This baby vervet monkey was contemplating how to follow mom over these wires. Eventually she came back to get him.

This giraffe was one of the first animals we saw this morning.

zebra and rhino hanging out together in the shade.

Impalas are concidered the fast food of Kruger park and the M on their backside looks like McDonalds.

It looked like these zebras were kissing.

We visited a busy water hole.

This impala was ready to bolt.


This rhino was wandering thru the bush so we spent some time observing him.



Genie picked out tons of birds including this European Roller.
We had lunch here with the monkeys before moving on for some more wildlife spotting. All in all we ended the day with zebras, Impalas, giraffes, elephants (but not close), rhinos, kudu bull, wildebeest, a leopard turtle, monkeys, crocodile, hippos, and zebras. On the bird side of the house we saw a brown snake eagle, Burchell’s Starling, European rollers, a southern ground hornbill, and saddle billed stork to name a few.