Safari at Kruger National Park

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Feb 6-9 2006, Kruger National Park

I did a four day safari with Livingstone Trails at the Kruger National Park, South Africa's largest. On our way to the park, we saw the Blyde River Canyon, which was beautifull.

Inside the park, we met a pride of lions. They were walking on the road "escorting" our vehicle.
The next day, we saw an elephant bull ahead us on the road. He was less friendly, it some point it seemed like he is going to charge us, but then he stopped. Neverthless, he didn't allow us to pass by him on the road, and we had to take a detour. Later in the day, we saw a group of female elephants and their young grazing by the road. They seemed friendlier, or at least did not pay any attention to us.

We also saw giraffes, zebras, baboons, impalas, wildebeests, gnus, kudus, and alike. We saw two buffaloes from a distance, and no rhinos or leopards. (We were told that among the big five, these ones are the hardest to spot.)

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Photos

elephant bull
Wasn't the friendliest host!

lion cub
The crown prince (or princesse?)

King of the jungle
This lucky guy was the head of a pride of three lionesses

impalas
There were lots of these guys everywhere in the park