Leaving Hazyview in the moring, we drove to Kruger National Park--our home for the next 5 nights. Kruger National Park is about the size of the Netherlands and has an abundance of wildlife, most notably all of the Big 5--Rhino, Leopard, Lion, Water Buffalo, and Elephant (why Water Buffalo made the cut and not say Hippo, Cheetah, or even Giraffe is beyond me). Upon arriving at the Paul Kruger gae in the SW of the park, we immediately saw a crocodile and water buffalo, followed by numerous chacma baboons, vervet monkeys, giraffes, elephants, blue wildebeest, zebras, and hordes of grazers (i.e. impala, steenbok, kudu, reedbuck, waterbuck, bushbuck, whatthebuck). We saw all of the afore mentioned just off the road, right outside our car. Unfortunately, seeing any predators would have to wait, as most of our
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