Photos from Pilanesberg National Park, North West, South Africa, Africa

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on the road back to Rustenburg

glimpse of Sun City from far away

bye bye Pilanesberg

what a rhino!

rhinos

shy springbok

giraffe

eli

hahahaha

"traffic" at the waterhole

giraffe licking a salty stone

"traffic" at the waterhole

young springbok

hordes of springboks

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many zebras everywhere

rhino chilling with a gnu under a tree

can't get enough of that landscape

gnu

secretary bird

on the road

dung beatles doing their work

traffic

at the waterhole of the restaurant on the second day - busy

selfie of us during the game drive :-)

and more of this stunning landscape

hippo

eli playground late in the day

pumba :-)

next road block :-)

chilling in the bushes

hiding in the bushes

game drive at its best

this one was extremely tall

our favourite animals

we have to admit - we love giraffes

hippos

hippos

hippos

turtle

so many elis

Nina at one of many look outs in the heat

young gnus

many more gnus protecting their young ones

more gnus

many young animals at this time of the year

eli

our first encounter with a big tusker

kudu hiding in the shade

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug...more history

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