We left our campsite at 8:00 this morning for a 40 minute drive to Kruger National Park.

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Here we are with our safari driver Happy (who did an excellent job of finding the animals for us to see).

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Our tour guide Johanna gave us  a Souther African Animal checklist so we could mark off the animals we saw while on the game drive. We ended up spotting 13 animals and 4 birds, so the day was definitely a success.  It was definitely a hot day, but with the jeep on the move, it really wasn’t too bad.  We were in the park almost six hours before heading back to our camp.

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Lilac breasted roller

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Leopard

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Waterbuck

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Impalas

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The lion eating a water buffalo

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We were all very hot and tired after returning to the camp.  After taking a short nap, we dipped our feet in the water and enjoyed drinks before dinner.