Day 1 - we ventured into Kruger National Park. It's like Yellowstone, but instead of trees there are herds of wild animals. Imagine that someone carved a road through a wild savannah. That's Kruger. We entered the gate and within 2 minutes we had encountered a herd of Giraffe. They grazed just outside our car window. They appeared oblivious to our presence. We had the same experience with Elephants, Zebras, Baboons, Buffalo, Impala, and Wildebeest. An elephant nearly poked his head in our car. The experience was, without exaggeration, transcendent. I felt like I was a fly on the wall in their world. Incredible. I cannot recommend a trip to this part of the world enough. It is something else altogether.
I'm having flashbacks of my time in Japan. More so snorkeling and seeing all sorts of underwater life. That and flying into Japan and seeing Mount Fuji poking up over the clouds.
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous!!!!! Dear God, you observed baboons in the wild! The closest I’ve gotten to that experience was in Gibraltar.
ReplyDeleteNot only did we see Baboons in the wild, they have them by the roadside here. Monkeys too. They look at you funny.
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