Saturday 19 May 2007

Animals I've seen in South Africa

There have been loads, I have photos of a few on them here, but for the full list of land animlas I've seen in Leopard Mountain game reserve and Hluhluwe National Park, see list below:

Animals in South Africa

Impala, nyala, buffalo (BIG 5), warthog, wildebeast, crown eagle, franklins (bird), robin (bird), frogs, gecko, bats, fork-tailed drongo (bird), yellow-billed hornbill, duikers (red & common), vervet monkey, terrapins, spiders (various, including funnel web & huge golden orb spider), kudu, cat (domestic tabby!), waterbuck, scrub hare, nightjar (bird), baboon, scorpion, zebra, fire finch (bird), steenbok, giraffe, elephants (BIG 5), white rhino (BIG 5), and a crane.

My favourites were the elephants & zebra because we got so close and they were so beautiful. And the crown eagle was a rare sight, so huge and impressive. We saw a mother and baby wildebeast who had been separated re-join each other and the young suckling mother. That was a special thing to witness. And cool baboons trekking down a hill in single file towards us and end up in the tree right above us eating their favourite berries.
We spent about 30 mins sitting watching a herd of 30-40 elephants at a watering hole slowoly come towards our land rover until they were in the road right in front of us. They are so big and so peaceful when undisturbed. Got some great photos of a young female in the road very close to us.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

aha... I can trump that...did'nt see any buffalo's..but then they are just big cows...

I did manage to see some Lions...and even got up close to some Cheetahs...we can compare photos when you get back...