Safari-lite

No trip to South Africa would be complete without a proper Safari.  Unfortunately, we did not really have the time or budget for that, nor were we not in the right part of South Africa. The legitimate parks are over 16 hours away!

Instead we opted for a day drive at at one of the local private reserves.  On the way we saw some real wildlife, roaming the roads. This Baboon snuck up on us while I was taking a picture of a waterfall. Scared me to death!

Eventually, we made it to the park and boarded our vehicle, especially outfitted for a safari.

As we drove around we found a number of animals. Most of which were used to people.

Our guide used his local knowledge to help find a few as well.

Unfortunately, they only had one elephant, and they had to keep him in a special enclosure.

And we had no luck finding the free roaming cheetah. However, they had a few in some enclosures that we could view.

It was a bit like being at the San Diego Zoo. We still had a great time. If nothing else, it planted the desire to go on a real safari in the future. We all seemed to enjoy it!