Combined days 3 and 4

I got so far behind with the blog due to really really crappy internet. Trying to catch up.

Our ride. 300K miles and counting. Toyota tough. I gotta get me one of these...

They told us not to drink the water. We knew exactly how to handle that.

Waiting for a clean shot.

Ranger Manie checking the scat.

You just haven't lived until one of these whips you in the face. Ask me how I know. 

These vultures are waiting to see if the lions get us...

I'm glad this guy knew the rules of the road and passed to the right.

A small herd of rhinos for a safe distance. Max zoom on the camera. That god for image stabilization.

This small pride of lions was waiting by a watering hole. Presumably waiting for dinner. Close enough to make me pretty nervous. Our tracker actually jumped in the truck. I am guessing he was hoping one of us looked tastier.

This guy came over and started to stare us down. I was happy to move on at this point.

We went to a neighboring preserve, one of the biggest in South Africa. The herds are much larger here. But, with the size comes lots of driving.

This buch grew to about 50 at one point. All splashing and having a real nice mud bath.

This small family of cheetahs hang out right at the preserve fence line. There is a rivalry between this family and one in the neighboring preserve. This is the neighbor cat.

These are our cats.

The male is posturing and hissing at the neighbor cat.

Momma and bay in the background.

The old African buffalo.

Warthogs. They run away very fast, so even though we saw lots of them, they were hard to photograph.

Giraffe, the super model of Africa. Check out those eyelashes.

Female Impala.

Wide open spaces.