These are photos of Cape Town Botanical Gardens, Wineries and Table Mountain. Continue reading Cape Town, South Africa

hyenna2 Click Here for video. We woke up early to do a self drive in Kruger and came across these two Hyenas.   They were just as interested in us as we were to them.  With the window open we took many photos (earlier post) and this one video.  One of them decided to check me out, as the Hyena approached my window, while licking his … Continue reading Hyena getting little close

The African (Jackass) Penguin is a black and white patterned penguin. It is a distinctive bird with largely black upperparts and white underparts. The face is black, separated from the black top to the head by a broad white “C” shaped marking. The info board said there are 4 species of penguin: one on the southern coast of Africa, one on the southern coast of … Continue reading Happy Feet Penquins

We are visiting many great sights of Cape Town, including several more wine estates. Please check back for new posts and great photos including photos of those South African Penguins. Continue reading Cape Town – Feb 27 – March 4, 2013

At the far eastern point and a last visit with the South African National Park Rest camps. I cannot give enough praise for the ease of registration, high quality and value for dollar their rest camps provide. During one drive, we came across several elephants enjoying a watering hole, the elephants had a well protected newborn elephant that stood no taller then it’s mom knees. … Continue reading Addo Elephant National Park – February 21, 2013

Goodbye to Zambia, and hello Garden Route….. The Garden route is described as a region of pristine beaches, mountains, forests, lakes and rivers all along the southern route of South Africa, between Cape Town and Addo Elephant Park, 6 hours east, our first stop was Plettenberg Bay. The drive took us along the South Africa’s Indian Ocean — the warm water ocean. The scenery was … Continue reading Garden Route – Feb 19 – 27, 2013

We did not see any Cheetahs during our game drives, so we decided for a close encounter. What a great experience and photo opt this was. Like the canoeing on the Zambeze, we were briefed on the do’s and don’ts. There were 3 Cheetahs and 2 other crazy tourists like us and 4 guides to help if the Cheetahs get hungry or get out of … Continue reading Walking with Cheetahs

Victoria Falls are 1.7km long with only 500 meters of them can be seen on the Zambia side and the larger falls on the Zimbabwe side. We visited both sides, however, this time of year the falls are flowing at their greatest and put off much mist and self produced rain. Having very expensive cameras we stayed away fro the wettest part of the falls. … Continue reading Victoria Falls

We had a great dinner and probably the best steak we ever had in Hazyview. as an appetizer to dinner we got stopped by the police for going one meter past the line at a stop sign. In fact we did stop before the line and then moved forward to see the oncoming traffic. All the issues with driving on the left hand side of … Continue reading Hazyview and Panorama Route – Feb 10 – 13, 2013

We are catching up with reviewing our photos and have some additional ones from our visit.  We enjoyed our stay at Toro Yaka, the hosts were great and very helpful. It has a beautiful setting on this private reserve. Self drives are not allowed, so we went on evening game drives with our Host Steve, where we saw many of the big 5, including a … Continue reading Toro Yaka Bush Lodge – Part II

This special lodge is nestled in the heart of the Balule Nature Reserve, a 38 000 hectare conservancy, which forms part of the Greater Kruger National Park biosphere. Balule is home to a large variety of plants and animals. From the smallest spider to the largest elephant, from the tiniest flower to a 1000 year old Leadwood tree, owls at night and eagles by day, … Continue reading Toro Yaka Bush Lodge – February 7 – 10, 2013

We have added many photos and posts, however we have limited the each page of posts to 9 to allow for quicker loading. Please click on ‘Older Posts’ for more great photos and posts. Continue reading Impala Gazelle

We have not seen a Leopard on this trip, this is one from Kenya that we had taken six years ago. Continue reading Leopard

we had a difficult time picking the best. We came across a group of 8 elephants crossing the road in front of our car. We sat still until they all crossed and were far enough away so that we can move forward only to find them closer and in a watering hole. They did not care we were there as they flirted with each other … Continue reading Elephant

We saw the giraffes necking. Continue reading Giraffe

We visited this hippo pool and enjoyed watching and listening to them. Continue reading Hippo

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Black on white or white on black? Continue reading Zebra

Lions on the tar road waiting for us. Or climbing a small tree to pose for us. Continue reading Lions

Along the tar road were Chacma Baboons and Vervet Monkeys. They elder monkey or baboon groom their young. The young hang on for a ride when they get tired. Continue reading Baboon and Monkey

During an early morning self game drive we came across spotted hyenas on the tar road. Like the wild dogs, they came over to greet us. As they approached we quickly closed the car windows. One of them chewed on our front license plate and one took a look at us thru our back window with its front paws on our trunk. All of our … Continue reading Spotted Hyena

Wild dogs are rare, however during a early morning drive we saw these two dogs with their breakfast. As we were watching them they approached our car and took a good look at us. They were not interested and returned to their breakfast. We were watching them for 15 minutes before another car approached for their viewing. Continue reading Wild Dogs

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