Wednesday, July 18, 2012

First Game Drives -- July 18, 2012

Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela.  We are proud to be in your country on your birthday.

Our first day on safari.  Check the "Just Pics" tab in the future for more photos from this day.

Sunrise outside our balcony.
Our first large game -- The Rhino. 
Poacher patrol protecting the rhinos from the theives who kill them just for the liquid from their horns. They leave the rest of the animal to die.  The reserve has 24 hour security.


Umbrella tree.
Wart hog.  Cute tiny butts - ugly big heads.
We visited Phinda in the evening where we saw lions and cheetahs.  Zulu Nyala doesn't have lions by choice because of the size of the reserve.  Everything is controlled on the reserves to make sure the environment can support the animals.
The animals at Phinda.
At Pinda, our truck didn't have a roof and the truck had a tracker who rides on the "bonnet" and watches for the lion's tracks.
Pride of lions -- 11 of them were resting in the sun a stones throw away from us.







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