South Africa Day 13: Spotting The Big 5 (Part 1)
The day began with a 6AM morning game drive and ended with a 10PM evening game drive. I was so exhausted by the time we got back to our room. The safari gods and goddesses were certainly looking out for me though, since my jeep spotted the most animals!
The park was really amazing with its vast savannas, abundant wildlife, and long conservation history. We saw ALL of the "Big 5" (on the 1st day is quite rare): lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and black rhinos, as well as many, many other species.
I could have used a Starbucks in this moment (me at 5:30AM)!
The sun began to rise just as we entered the park.
Our 1st spotting of animal tracks. They were from an elephant!
A tree that had been knocked down by the elephant whom had left the tracks in the above photo.
And here come the animals...
And here come my most favorite animals of all...
To be continued...
The park was really amazing with its vast savannas, abundant wildlife, and long conservation history. We saw ALL of the "Big 5" (on the 1st day is quite rare): lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and black rhinos, as well as many, many other species.
The sun began to rise just as we entered the park.
Our 1st spotting of animal tracks. They were from an elephant!
And here come the animals...
And here come my most favorite animals of all...
To be continued...
I have always wanted to do this! The pics are awesome. How can you look so good at 5:30 in the morning???!!!
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Nice pictures in the early morning light!
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These pictures are amazing! I really want to go on safari...hopefully in a couple years.
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