The next day we got up really early so that we could get to the park gates early for our safari. I was so excited for this part of the trip. Africa is known for its animals and all the animals I had seen thus far had been enclosed. I really wanted to have to look for the animals. Although many of the parks are fenced, the size of them makes it seem like the animals are in the wild. For the whole day we drove and looked for animals. We drove along a dry river bed which meant there was slightly more vegetation in the bed but there were also banks on either side which obstructed views. We didn’t see any lions or cheetahs, but we did follow some fresh lion tracks for long time and some people in front of us had seen cheetahs, but by the time we got there, they were gone. It was really fun looking for the animals. It was like a giant game of I Spy but no one knew what we were looking for. So - here's what we spied.
The landscape that we were dealing with. Luckily there actually wasn't that much shrubbery so it was a little bit easier to spot the animals.
Gemsbok (also known as the oryx)
I almost thought I was in an elephant graveyard (minus the elephant bones).
Cape cobra
Martial Eagle (they're pretty rare and are a vulnerable species)
Springbok - they're everywhere. We saw hundreds of these animals!
Blue Wildebeest (also known as Mufasa's murderers)
Spotted Hyaena - if look close in between them there is a leg of an animal they had just killed.
The circle in the dirt on the left is the tracks the hyaena's made when they were encircling their prey before they killed it.
I'm pretty sure this is a Kalahari Tent Tortoise
The river bed
Giraffes!!
Black-backed Jackal
Secretary Bird - it's kind of hard to see but these birds have a funny mohawk type hair-do.
On the left of the road there are lion tracks. We followed them for a while, but missed the lions.
Giraffe sitting down!
Common Ostrich
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