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| that's a herd of elephants on the riverbank behind me and Jonnie! |
I usually reserve a minimum of three days when planning an African Safari. That amount of time generally equates to four or five game drives. And in a well-managed and relatively balanced game park or reserve, three days should give you a more than likely chance to see all of the Big Five during your stay. At least four of the Big Five anyway. Nobody ever "counts" on seeing the elusive leopard!
But Kruger National Park is no ordinary game park. It is the Big Daddy of South African game parks. And on our very first game drive during our stay in Kruger to excavate
SH2015 Gaza Gray, we saw
all five of the Big Five! In one game drive! Amazing!
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| a female lion nursing her three cubs |
We saw a female lion nursing her three cubs and then we saw a male lion sleeping off breakfast. We saw loads of ellies, a few rhino, and some Cape buffalo. And finally we saw not one, but two leopards!
And if the Big Five weren't enough, we also saw two more cheetah!
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| a male lion sleeping on the river bank |
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| cute baby elepant |
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| an elephant resting her trunk ... |
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| ... on her tusk! |
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| a rhino with benefits |
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| a Cape buffalo |
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| a leopard hiding in a thicket |
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| and another leopard crossing the road! |
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity ... or
so I thought!
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