Can’t get in!
The lappet vultures aren’t here and we can’t get in! Explore African wildlife and check out the vultures. South Africa has a number of vulture species and tragically many are endangered or close to being so. The Cape Vulture is one such and saw a massive decline not long ago. The numbers are coming back […]
The Nsemani Lions
Deep in the heart of Kruger is a beautiful waterhole called the Nsemani dam. The dam abuts the road and while parked there one can have a panoramic view of the dam and the surrounds and naturally such a large dam attracts wildlife of all sizes, so it’s a game viewing paradise. I had heard […]
Rhino… under the car.
We see a lot of rhino where I am exploring Africa and its really great to have that chance. As you all know there are lunatics who think that rhino horn is gonna make them the Casanova of the century and that it does not work. The only way arhino horn would help is if […]
The askari bully at the waterhole
The askaris get a talking to! Young bull elephants go for 20 years under the care and companionship of an older bull. We call the youngsters askaris after the Swahili word for soldiers, the big old bull being like a captain over these rambunctious fellows. They get pretty big too and many will be as […]
The bird barbers of the bush!
Believe it or not there are birds who run a mobile cleaning and grooming service for animals in the bush. Red billed oxpeckers, as they are called do just that. The birds literally travel on animals from warthog, impala and kudu to buffalo rhino and giraffe and clean their fur of unwanted skin parasites and […]
The hippo Uber Service.
There are about 60 odd hippos in the Sunset lake in the Kruger Park. It also has a fair share of crocodiles. Naturally water birds and wading birds flock there as well but this is about the resident Grey Heron.The heron seemed to be standing in the center of the lake. The first couple of […]
