South Africa – Day 3

South Africa – Day 3


Today we had to get up even earlier than before because our first safari started at 6:30. From the terrace were we collected our breakfast to go we could already watch some hippos and a crocodile in the river near by during a beautiful sunrise.
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Out through the main gate of the camp it did’t take long before we saw our first kudu…

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… a lot of spiders …

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… and a hawk.

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Again some hippos (#2 on our Big Five list…)

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These little ones you can see everywhere. Impalas are he most common mammals in the park. Some of the rangers call them Mc Donald’s because they are fast – food for lions and other hunters.

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Apes on the street, some getting really close to our car

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Elephants, also real close to the car.

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Giraffes

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And finally after searching for some time – Lions. Pretty distant but clearly visible.

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We did see a lot of other animals during our 8 hour safari, which was really interesting. We later had a sunset safari which sadly wasn’t that successful… Just a beautiful sunset in the bushes.

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As the internet connection in the bushes is very bad if even available more post will follow as soon as we have a proper connection…