After another early wake up call this morning we left to go on a Safari ride through Hluhluwe Umfolozi Game Reserve. It is the oldest established park in Africa and is where conservationists have made a successful effort to preserve the white rhino. The park has the highest concentration of white rhinos in the world.
We also saw a lot of giraffe. Love how graceful they look while eating and walking. The women
loved the eyelashes.
We were fortunate enough to see a pack of wild African dogs. We were told that the dogs are rarely seen are becoming endangered because they leave the reserve to hunt and the locals kill them to protect their cattle and other animals. They look similar to hyenas with spotted coats but have a distinctive white tail. Notice the collar transmitters on some them. That is so the park can track them and try to collect them before they are killed should they leave the reserve.
Also saw some monkeys and a few birds.
We also observed a large herd of wildebeest roaming.
I loved the terrain of this park. It was really hilly and just looked like what I had pictured in my mind Africa would look like.
Nyala ( in the Antelope family)
After the park we went to St. Lucia Estuary where we took a boat cruise and had our lunch. The estuary is a UNESCO World Heritage site. We observed a lot of hippos and even spotted some crocodiles sunning on the bank.
This is a Bush Buck, which are rare and hard to spot in the wild.
The group taking our breakfast stop. We were given breakfast boxes since we had to leave so early.
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