| South Africa | |||
| Mala Mala and Sabi Sand | |||
| Day 2 | |||
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South African giraffe - the only species found in South Africa (left) and water buck (right) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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Two lion found sleeping by the roadside were totally unperturbed by the Landy - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The pair were two of three brothers - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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Unlike in the national parks, in the private reserves the vehicles can go off-road and we set off to find the cubs (above) - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Later we were to come across a young leopard - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| The young leopard was accompanied by its mother - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| A herd of three elephant . . . - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| . . . decide to cross the road in front of us - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Later, at 1100, when we were able to take an escorted walk, accompanied by two armed rangers, we came across elephant - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| The wind was in our favour and the elephant had not heard us, but we retreated to the safety Landy to be driven past them - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Driving past the herd - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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After being driven past the herd we resumed the walk, the armed rangers leading and the safety vehicle bringing up the rear - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Returning to Camp for lunch we found, not unusually, nyala grazing on the lawn in front of chalets | |||
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| Nyala (left) and male impala (right) in camp - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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Elephant viewed from camp - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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More elephant encountered on the afternoon game drive - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The herd was led by a large female which was accompanied by a calf estimated to be about eight to nine weeks old - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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The calf - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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As in all game parks and reserves - elephant have right of way - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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| The next objective was to find buffalo - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| When we did find buffalo they were not in a herd as I had anticipated: they were four old bulls living apart from the herd - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Later we came across this lion - the third of the three brothers - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| In late afternoon we came across a lone bull elephant and then a white rhino. The term "white" is a corruption of the Afrikaans word "wyt" which means wide and refers to the rhino's wide chin. The term was then corrupted from English back into Afrikaans as "witrenoster" - white rhino! - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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| Just like old times - a sundowner in the bush with a fantastic selection of drinks and hot small eats - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow | |||
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Leopard seen on the night drive - PHOTOs Malcolm McCrow |
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