We arrive in Africa and go on a Safari

We arrived in Johannesburg at 10:00 AM on Weds October 12 after a 14 hour flight from New York. Some of us were recently off an overnight flight from San Francisco. A quick jump over to Nelspruit and a good nights sleep made us ready to travel out to the Rhino Safari Lodge in Kruger Park. The park is teaming with animals, and we saw our share of them on both walking and driving Safaris. The lodge and overnight camps balance comfort and animal viewing with elegant, rustic pole cabins that are in a wilderness area with an occasional Elephant, Rhino or Kudu walking near by. For a typical day we took early morning walking or driving safaris and encountered many different species of mammals, birds and reptiles. After brunch we had free time until 4:00PM when we would go out again and search for something new until sunset. For an hour or so after sunset, the driving safaris would use strong lights to search for nocturnal animals. Usually we saw a few Bush Babies with glowing eyes. Our big find was a couple of female lions going out for an evening hunt. What excitement to track a lion and intercept it close enough to get great pictures. Speaking of pictures, we would love to post some, but some part of the process is not working now, so we will try again later.