Friday, September 9, 2016

Lower Sabie Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa

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We moved further south today. We left camp at 6:00 am, when the gates opened and within a few minutes saw a group of lions.

Then there was a rhino, my first of the trip. It was right next to the road:

More driving and we came across the 2 male lions from yesterday:

A little more diving and we came across a whole bunch of females and cubs spread out on either side of the road. This one was 15 feet away:

This one was about 5 feet from the camper:

Cubs kept coming out of the brush and crossed the road:

We counted at least 8 and maybe 10 cubs.

After a while, several of the adults went down the road, stalked some impala and ghen got them running back towards where 2 more were waiting in ambush. There was a very fast, short chase, but the impala all go away:

It was a good morning.

I'm in a tent this time: