We spent most of Saturday leaving Zimbabwe, flying to South Africa, and driving to our hotel for the next 3 days: Buckler's African Lodge. It is lovely and very close to one entrance to South Africa's premier safari park, Kruger National Park. Ten years ago when we first went on safari, we spent time near here at a private reserve, plus time in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, which was a more traditional safari. This trip is more about the cities, but we do get a taste of safari days, today and tomorrow.
We left the hotel at 5am, had a late breakfast and a lunch there and drove around the park most of the rest of the days. We saw lots of animals and birds and a lizard.
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| Park Entrance |
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| Zebras and Impalas often forage in the same area |
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| Yellow Horn Bill |
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| Wildebeast / Gnu |
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Young gnu bounced around the rest of the herd
a lot like fawns bounced around their moms
in our California back yard |
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| Hippos |
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| Painted dogs |
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| More painted dogs - a fairly large herd of them |
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This lizard stopped traffic for a while. He kept
dancing his front and back legs like he wanted
to finish his run across the road but was too
scared to commit to the necessary action. |
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| Egyptian geese |
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| Weaver bird nests |
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| Crocodile |
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| Kudu? |
Baboon mother and child
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