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Kruger National Park : Day one, part two !

…. Then in the distance, we saw a couple of elephants crossing the river, from bank to bank and I found sweet the first guy waiting for his/her companion/friend/relative…. … and few meters ahead, another beautiful couple of …. GIRAFFES …… …. at a certain point, we reached a place where to stop the cars and get down, to enter a viewing point…. Hippos galore ! …. …. some tangled branches … … and a camouflaged warthog …. …. a new set of giraffes …. …. then a trio of them …. …. a hiding impala … …. a Vervet Monkey on a branch … …. and the same group of zebras with some wildebeest, that we saw at the beginning of our tour … we were approaching the same gate we entered in the morning … … and just outside the gate a warthog looking at …. …. the best surprise of the day …. a huge RHINO !!!! …. …. well, I'm not sure if this...

Kruger National Park : Day one, part one !

At the end of January (it was the 26!) we decide, together with another italian family, to have a nice weekend at the  Kruger National Park  in South Africa !!!! For us was our first time, so we were all super excited to have the opportunity to see the  BIG 5  and all the other possible wild animals in their natural territory : so amazing !!!!! For the occasion (we were travelling on our jeep), in our car Paolo was the driver who had to listen attentively to our instructions (were to stop and for how long!) Matteo was the 2nd photographer in charge, while Tobia was the "binocularist", ready to catch any movement in the distance!!!!! We entered the Park at one southern gate named  Crocodile Bridge Gate , where we bought an annual family ticket to enter the Kruger Park (we are going back there soon, as my mum is coming to visit us in a couple of weeks!) and where the adrenaline started to be very high!!!!! You have to follow a  Code of Conduct  while...