Krugger Park, South Africa

So after Swaziland we drove north back into South Africa and headed to Krugger Park. We stayed at a backpackers near the Crocodile River. Friday we went on a guided tour through the part - it has been experiencing a bit of a drought the past two years and they're heading out of winter down there so we stayed near the rivers and water features to see the most animals as possible.

We were mostly looking to see the Big 5 - these are the five most dangerous animals to hunt, which is how they got their title. They are the Elephant, Rhino, Buffalo (cape usually), Lion, & Leopard/Cheetah - these last ones are similar and usually are by themselves so pretty difficult to see but we were hopeful.

First thing we saw these Rhinos - right off the road it was awesome, then after about two minutes the one facing us stood up, turned around, and laid back down so both of their butts were toward us - it was pretty funny! And 1/5 on the Big Five!

Then we headed down to the hippo pool where we were actually allowed to get out of the car - THE #1 rule that we had to promise not to do, but we were accompanied by an armed guard. I guess hippos are actually the number 1 killer of people (apparently they are a lot faster than they look and also very protective).

Throughout the day we saw lots of animals here are some of my favorites.

The next day we drove our own car into the park and drove near a different river for half of the day - we saw more animals and even some Hyenas, this little guy actually came out to the road and was running around everywhere - they are pretty sick looking animals but I liked this one.

So we saw the Elephant, Rhino, Cape Buffalo, and Lion - the cheetah/leopard we could never find but since we saw this hyena I'm going to say we saw 4.5 out of the Big Five!