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Real Name: Glenn Brown
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wildlife: Queen of the Beasts!
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  • Favorite Thing: On our final morning in Kruger, we had left Mopani Camp by 7 AM as we had a relatively long drive to the south, hoping to reach the Nelspruit area before dark. About a half-hour later, we noticed vultures circling and decided to slow down a bit just in case some action had taken place overnight. Three minutes later, we spotted some White-Backed Vultures in a tree so we figured that we might be onto something. Less than a minute later, we came to a stop as we spotted a lioness sitting at the side of the road. After observing us for a while, she walked out onto the highway, then paused to look at us, before she continued across the highway as you see in the photo. It took her a full minute to make the crossing from when we first spotted her. No trouble telling who was in charge! Notice that I am correctly on the LEFT side of the road as the rules dictate!


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    landscape: Oliphants River View
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  • Kruger National Park landscape
  • A Dry Oliphants River
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  • Favorite Thing: An advantage of game viewing in October, at the end of the dry winter season, is that the waterholes and rivers are all parched. This has the effect of bunching the game up for much easier viewing. Here, the view from the restaurant area at Oliphants Camp shows the yellowish normal width of the river, as compared to the few pools that actually have water in them at this time of the year. While we were there, we watched a herd of elephants enjoying themselves down by the water (it does require binoculars though!).

    Fondest Memory: On a couple of occasions, we saw elephants tearing branches off trees as they searched for fresh foliage to eat. Also, we managed to see two instances of very young elephants accompanying the herds. These are always very interesting creatures to watch!

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    robertgaz Thu May 29, 2008 00:11 UTC
     A happy he hippo; grunts in a pond; will a pretty she hippo; call back and respond ;~)
    victorwkf Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:10 UTC
     Great tips on the famous Kruger National Park, hope to be able to visit one day!
    richiecdisc Tue Dec 11, 2007 02:55 UTC
     Very cool, a self drive safari and grass thatched hut road side motels! But that zoom sure would have come in handy.
    PierreZA Tue Oct 16, 2007 20:27 UTC
     Hope you'll return to South Africa for more great experiences, Pierre
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