On our afternoon game drive, we set off to find the female lions. We drove and drove and drove with Victor, our tracker, pointing the way.
We found this Nyala which has orange legs and a shaggy coat and looks like something out of Dr. Seuss. I was expecting the Lorax to jump out of the bushes to remind us that we broke the planet.
We also saw mongoose, more giraffes, some buffalo, a group of waterbuck and then finally we found a pride of 4 female lions sleeping in the shade.
They were sound asleep until a kudu wandered into the area. 2 of the lions put their heads up while the other 2 just kept snoring.
The more enterprising lion decided to get a closer look but first had to stretch. You don't want to pull a muscle running down an antelope.
She quickly got bored with the kudu and started to yawn. Look at those teeth!!
She went back to join her friends one of which had rolled over on her back. It's good to be the queen!
We still have not seen a rhino. We did see rhino tracks tonight so we are getting closer. The guide was telling us that they are going to move 100 rhinos from Kruger to Botswana. Poaching is a big problem in South Africa and it is virtually non-existent in Botswana due to the wetlands.
Mosquito Update: Not bad. I've been applying liberal amounts of bug spray before the morning and afternoon game drives but I'm not sure I even need it. You don't even hear them buzzing in your ears. They were heaviest in Zambia in the evenings. I slept wrapped in my mosquito netting in Zambia. The winter is the dry season in South Africa so there are not as many mosquitos.
We found this Nyala which has orange legs and a shaggy coat and looks like something out of Dr. Seuss. I was expecting the Lorax to jump out of the bushes to remind us that we broke the planet.
We also saw mongoose, more giraffes, some buffalo, a group of waterbuck and then finally we found a pride of 4 female lions sleeping in the shade.
They were sound asleep until a kudu wandered into the area. 2 of the lions put their heads up while the other 2 just kept snoring.
The more enterprising lion decided to get a closer look but first had to stretch. You don't want to pull a muscle running down an antelope.
She quickly got bored with the kudu and started to yawn. Look at those teeth!!
She went back to join her friends one of which had rolled over on her back. It's good to be the queen!
We still have not seen a rhino. We did see rhino tracks tonight so we are getting closer. The guide was telling us that they are going to move 100 rhinos from Kruger to Botswana. Poaching is a big problem in South Africa and it is virtually non-existent in Botswana due to the wetlands.
Mosquito Update: Not bad. I've been applying liberal amounts of bug spray before the morning and afternoon game drives but I'm not sure I even need it. You don't even hear them buzzing in your ears. They were heaviest in Zambia in the evenings. I slept wrapped in my mosquito netting in Zambia. The winter is the dry season in South Africa so there are not as many mosquitos.
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