South Africa - Kruger National Park

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November 13th 2010

Published: November 17th 2010

One of our main purposes for visiting Africa was to see the wildlife. Kruger National Park (KNP) seemed to be the perfect destination. After Stellenbosch we headed back to Cape Town airport to catch a flight to Joburg. We did not intend to stay in Joburg but what we did not realize was that it would be a 6 hour drive just to get to the gates of KNP! It would take another hour within the park for u... Read Full Entry

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Rhino poop.

See the interesting story about this in the blog.

Giant ant hills

Our cottage

We had to have escorts at night.

Elephants

At the waterhole near the lodge.

Love birds

We saw these two sharing food near the lodge.

Jackal

Lone grey vulture

Boabab tree

Leopard kill up in a tree

Lone eagle

Turtle

Our guide holds up a turtle. We saw tons of these by the road after first night's rain.

17th November 2010

Rindi
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WOW
Ok now I definitely want to go to Africa

17th November 2010

Dan Bell
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Being Lunch
Amazing place! That was the first place I ever felt like I was on the menu. We heard a story there about a group of eight Africans who were walking south through Krueger to Jo'burg to find work. They all ran up a tree to save themselves from passing lions. One by one, as the lions got hungry, they would climb the tree, pull one person down, and eat them. While they were eating the seventh one, the eight person ran away. Apparently, lions are lazy, so you can walk right by them when they have a kill. Only one needed to die, and the other seven could have walked away. But they just didn't know. The moral of the story, if you don't have a gun, is to be the highest person in the tree, and to walk away as life eats your friends.

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