The park contained four of the five "Big Five": elephants, rhinos, lions and leopards. Despite our best efforts, particularly with the first two, we were not able to find any for photos, although we did find a great deal of sign. Elephant droppings are very hard to miss, as are the trees they uproot to access the green tops. And some of the animals, such as this old wildebeest bull and vervet monkey, are quite skittish and shooting photos was not anything like being in a zoo.
We were able to quietly approach, in the 'bakkie' (truck, y'all), several other of the species in the park, so I'll post a small selection of the photos we were able to get....
Baboon feeding in tree.
Towards the end of the day, as we drove to the 'back' of the the park, and the top of the highest point, where there are a several radio, cellular, and national defense radio towers. From the top of the property, the view was spectacular. The only wildlife we found there, though, was the diminutive klipspringer (Afrikaans for 'rock jumper'), which was obviously nonplussed by their size, and in their minds, masters of their domain.
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Wow... beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing these.
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