Day 2 - Safari!

Up at 4.30am to head off to Kruger before the gates open at 6am. We then spent the day driving around hoping to see the Big 5: Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo and Rhinoceros. They are called The Big 5 because they are the most difficult animals to hunt on foot. Hannah also blinded me with the fact that Hippos have killed more humans than any other animals which is somewhat surprising!

Anyway we saw Hippos too! It was an amazing day, although a little bizarre. Quite often you'd drive for up to an hour and then you'd come across lots of cars and think right animals ahead. It really was at times like driving around a giant Longleat safari park.

The best bit was the Leopard who we only spotted because of his tail dangling down from the tree. He then got up had a stretch and settled back down again on his branch. It's a hard life being a big cat.

We were also really excited with the Rinos as we didn't think we would see them and then came upon them by chance. There was a mum feeding her baby and the other's just walked in front of our cars like they had no cares in the world.


Some people will do crazy things to get a good shot. Never mind the fact that the Rinos were all around us and we'd only just passed the leopard half a mile back!