We have been on a few different safaris in a few different places. There is an absolute plethora of animals on this continent. Here is a list of some of the things we have seen:
monkeys
impalas fighting
baboons mating (10 ft from us)
herds of elephants
herds of giraffes
herds of Zebras
huge herd of African wild dogs (5 ft from us)
Dung beadle rolling a ball of dung
water buck
wildebeest
warthog
white rhinos
hyenas and babies
Guinea fowl
sable
hippos
crocs
We have not seen any cats yet but we will be on many more safaris before this trip is out. We are headed up to Namibia in about 3 weeks where they have the largest concentration of cheetahs.
Three days ago we were in Swaziland camping in the mwilani wild life sanctuary. When we woke we saw Zebras grazing in the valley. IN the morning we went on a 3 hour self guided safari around the park. It was probably one of the most amazing walks I have ever done. The scenery was stunning and we were surround by everything from Zebras to Warthogs to wildebeest. At one point we had to pick up sticks to fend off a bird that was dive bombing us.
We are now in St lucia south africa. Two nights ago when we were walking back to our tent we herd a noise on the other side of the tree line. We went over to investigate and there was a pod of hippos walking no more than 15 ft away. This and everything else has been surreal.
South Africa has amazing scenery. The crazy thing about it is that it can change within a couple miles into something completely different from what you had been seeing. We have rented a car for 2 months and have already put 1500 miles on it. It is not the cheapest way to travel but it gives us the flexibility to see and do what we want to. Today we are headed to sodwana bay where we will be scuba diving for 5 days. They supposedly have some of the best diving in the world. We'll see....
I'll write more soon
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