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Huge elephant keeping cool by flapping his ears  
   

Huge elephant keeping cool by flapping his ears

Mixed signals because they do the same thing if they are about to charge. Time to go.
Hunting for the Big Five

April 16th 2010
We have now had three days in Kruger Park and we are getting desparate. We still haven't nailed the big five. The big five are Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhino and Buffalo. Yet we weren,t more than 20 metres inside the Phabeni Gate when Mitchell spotted the first animal - a group of impalas grazing by a river. We have seen hundreds and hundreds of impalas now, they are so "old hat". But the first ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Mpumalanga » Kruger National Park

South African Flag 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... ... read more
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