Last safari post, I promise… Megan and I tried to keep track of everything we saw in Kruger. OK, OK, Megan wrote everything down and I pestered her about the new stuff. Ultimately, we came up with the following list of animals and birds. I’m 100% confident we missed some, particularly the antelope and the birds. There were so many birds…. (I didn’t count stuff we only saw at the rehab center).
- African wild cat
- Antelope of various kinds, including
- Duiker
- Impala (known as the McDonalds of the bush, both because of their availability and the “M” on their butts)
- Klipspringer
- Kudu
- Nyala
- Sharpe’s grysbok
- Springbok
- Steenbok
- Waterbok
- Baboon
- Birds of various kinds, including
- Blue heron
- Cormorant
- Eagle owl
- Egret
- Egyptian goose
- Fish eagle
- Franklin
- Glossy starling
- Gray laurie
- Hamerkop
- Lilac breasted roller
- Long-tailed shrike
- Nightjar
- Oxpicker
- Red billed hornbill
- Red billed woodpeckers
- Saddle bill stork
- Spotted eagle owl
- Tawny eagle
- Vultures
- Yellow billed hornbill
- Buffalo
- Bush baby (yes, this is a real thing — they are very small nocturnal primates)
- Chameleon
- Cheetah
- Civit (nocturnal cat-like creature)
- Crocodile
- Elephant
- Spotted genet (another cat-like creature)
- Giraffe
- Hippo
- Honey badger
- Jackal
- Leopard (OK, the one we saw was hand-raised and in a pen, but I’m still counting it)
- Lion
- Mongoose
- Porcupine
- Rhino
- Rock rabbit
- Scrub hare
- Squirrel
- Warthog
- Wildebeest
- Vervet monkey
- Zebra
A few of our favorite photos are attached.
Leopard in a tree
Elephant fun
One of the cheetah brothers
Giraffe pair
Hippos
Giraffe tail!
Baboon and baby
Waterbok (I think)
Rhinos
Big macs!
Guinea fowl
African wild cat (domesticated version)
Fighting giraffes
Crocodile in the sun
Buffalo!
Petting a cheetah. I’m in heaven….
A kudu (I’m pretty sure….)
Lion hunting buffalo
A wildebeest — a complete abomination of nature
Us in front of a baobob tree
Zebra butt
An eagle (I think)
Baby elephant with a stick
Baby elephant challenging adult buffalo. Guess who won?
Warthog!
Elephant at sunset
A friendly giraffe
A curious mongoose
Lion lapping up water at night
