During our last squad debrief, we got the chance to spend a day on a safari at Kruger National Park, located in South Africa. From 5AM until about 5PM, we were able to see some amazing creatures in their natural habitats. Here are some photos of a portion of what we were able to see…
A female elephant with her baby after a bath.
Early into our adventure, we met up with a male lion who, fortunately for our vehicle, got pretty close to us.
This is kinda funny… At the start of the day, the group in my vehicle were so excited and alert to spot anything that moved that when we came across an impala, which is like the African deer, we screamed for the driver to stop the vehicle so that we could capture every hair on its body and every chew that it made for the rest of time. Our driver, who obediently halted the truck, casually and patiently said that we would see many more impalas throughout the day. Well, about 3 or 4 hours into our trek, we had long realized that the driver was correct and we began to get a little annoyed with them. Why? Every time we would hear that there was a lion pride sighting or a leopard sighting, what seemed like the annual impala convention would decide to cross the road at that very moment, reducing our chances of seeing something rare in Kruger. Not that this was any kind of revenge against the animal, but we did have impala meat burgers for dinner later that day, and I have to say that they were pretty good.
Our driver has quick to spot the smallest of critters like this cute mongoose.
We came across a group of both giraffes and zebras that were hanging out together.
And this is the rarest of finds in the game park. It’s called ‘the Noah’. We spotted him cleaning his teeth after, what we’re assuming, was a huge feast. I don’t know, he doesn’t look all that ferocious to me.
I had been to another game park in Africa and wasn’t able to find any rhino’s. So, I was geeked when we spotted one right next to the road.
And the monkee. They always seem to be up to some mischief. When we stopped for lunch, one ran up right next to me at the table and snatched an apple before I knew what was happening and could stop him.
What an awesome day just enjoying God’s creations!
