Kruger National Park. November 2018
4. Kruger -other animals.
Although seeing the big cats is always exciting we love watching the other animals as well. Rivers and waterholes are always a draw in the dry season and it's lovely to park up somewhere and and watch animals making their way down to the water and interacting with one another.
I have listed the animals that we saw in alaphabetical order.
Buffalo
We saw buffalo on several occassions, mostly at a waterhole or a river. The largest herd that we saw was at the Sabie River.
Elephant
One of our favourite animals to watch, especially the interaction within families.
These two young bulls spent a long time pushing each other around.
In hot weather it's always lovely to watch elephants enjoying a water/mud bath.
Giraffe
It's quite unusual to see giraffe lying down.
Park of a larger group in the Sabie River valley.
Hippo
where's there's water there are usually hippo!
Impala
These are, by far, the most common buck to be found in the Park. In November there were qute a lot of youngsters, especially in the Southern part.
Kudu
They mailnly keep to the bush so can be difficult to spot.
3 male kudu sharing a waterhole with some zebra.
A female kudu.
Nyala
These are smaller than kudu and distinctly marked. The male and females look very different.
Rhino
Rhino poaching is, sadly, still a big problem. We did get to see several during our trip.
Warthog
Warthog familes are always fun to watch. After playing with one another for about 15 minutes the youngsters decided they needed a drink.
Waterbuck
As their name implies they are usually found to be near on in rivers.
Wildebeest
We saw surprisingly few wildebeest during our 3 week trip.
Zebra
Another animal that we only saw occasionally.
Small animals.
A scrub hare which was enjoying the grass at Balule Camp.
Part of a larger group of dwarf mongooses that stopped to watch us.
A terrapin.
An agama.
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