Kruger Game Drive Pt 2 -- Afternoon

We stopped for lunch at Satara Camp which had campsites, restaurants and gift shops, then headed back out at 2pm to track down more animals.

We came by a giraffe family, this time with a couple of zebras nearby. You will often see a couple different species of plant eaters hanging together as one species may have better hearing, and other better smell or eyesight, so together they are more able to detect predators. This family had two baby giraffes (tall for their age!) and mother nursed one for a bit.

After seeing another Cape Buffalo, we drove by the den where the baby hyenas were to find Mom had returned and was nursing.

Finally, before heading to the park exit, we thought we would take one more try at the tree where the leopard had its kill, and sure enough there were a few cars stopped ,and we pulled up to see not one, but two leopards in the tree -- a mom and her cub. Got a great time looking with my 'scope, but at 300m away, the 400mm telephoto had to be enlarged to 1600mm and that was a bit extreme so the photos are a bit pixelated. So we finished off with the most elusive of the Big 5.

A great day in Kruger, but 12 hours sitting and driving -- a bit exhausted, so asleep soon after a dinner of open-fire-grilled chops.Read more