Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Kruger National Park was very exciting.  When we first drove into the park, we saw lions under some trees, a leopard with a kill, and elephants in a beautiful valley.  Just like on National Geographic.  Baboons and impala were everywhere as well.  The elephants had babies with the herd and they were adorable.  We drove around Kruger the next day to see all that we could until the gates around the campground compound closed at 6:00.  The three campground compounds at Kruger are fenced in.  The animals run wild, but the people must be enclosed at 6:00 every night with an electrified fence.  Quite a concept.
We saw giraffes, wildebeests, nyala, impala, zebras, warthogs, hippos out of the water and lots of monkeys.  We stopped at one of the campsite compounds to eat lunch at their restaurant and it was an indoor/outdoor affair.  We saw giraffes on the river bank and elephants grazing outside the restaurant, but the wildest thing was that the waiter asked if we wanted to see a deadly snake - I declined, but all the men went to see.  It was a black mamba in the rafters of the restaurant.  Dave didn't see it, but one of the other guys did see a small part.  Right under the snake's perch there was a laptop computer, a lunch and drink, but no customer.  Guess he saw the snake and just left.






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