Kruger National Game Reserve, S.A. - Safari

1994 - Kruger National Park, located in the northeastern part of South Africa, is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. There is a high chance you will see the Big 5 (in 1994 there was a 70% chance when I checked, and we were lucky to see them all): buffalo elephant, lion, leopard, and rhinos like we did. We saw them in a few hours of entering the Game Reserve. There are many mammals who make their home there, and diverse bird species such as vultures, eagles, etc. We enjoyed the mountains, plains, and tropical forests which are part of the landscape.

We needed to see the Leopard, and I looked down from the big jeep, and it was sitting by the side of it on the early 5 a.m. drive, I was so excited; "look it's a leopard " and it walked away from us!

We followed the above young lion on the night drive at Kruger; we were in a small vehicle due to someone who did not make my booking for the night drive and I did find someone to take us; we were at the back of the vehicle, and our young 9-year-old daughter was in the middle of my husband and me. I was sitting on the left side we followed the lion; my husband coughed (we were supposed to be quiet and he accidentally coughed, unless he wanted me to be dinner for the lion?), I froze, I was an armlength away from the lion; my camera was still running; the hair was standing up on my arms and I was scared, the lion heard no noise as its eyesight might not be good at night, it was, and is the King of the jungle; it then walked ahead to the water trough and lapped up the water loudly and walked ahead looking for its KILL- close call - not a wonder they let you fill out those indemnity forms!