All safaris we did were absolutely amazing. In Kruger, we did two full day safaris. Our drivers name was Edward. He was great and super patient with all our questions about different animals. We stayed in a fancy lodge for four nights. On the first safari day we woke up at 5:30. It was freezing on the way there! It took a while to finally warm up enough to be able to take off our blankets. It was a great day, with plenty of giraffes, lions, buffaloes, zebras, gazelles and hyenas. We saw hippos, crocodiles, rhinos (the animal we really wanted to see), and plenty of different birds, too. I think one of the things I liked the most was the lion because I had been wanting to see a cub for so long and we finally saw some. For lunch on the first day we went to a town called Skakuza. Skakuza is in the middle of the national park, it’s a town with a conference centre, a restaurant, a gift store and a couple other services. We got a book with a check list of all the animals there were in the park and we were able to check off almost half. There was a lot on that check list, though. The day we were not on a safari, we were exploring the area around us. The first stop was a view point called the Three Rondavels in the Blyde River canyon, the second was Bourke’s Luck Potholes and the third was a small walk called God’s Window. On the second safari, we came more prepared with warmer clothes. That day, we came super close to two lions with three cubs who were hunting. In the morning, we stopped in the middle of the park to go by the river and see birds, hippos, crocs and a beautiful blue kingfisher. We stopped in a different area for lunch called Lower Sable. It had basically the same services as Skakuza. Kruger was so amazing because it was so special to see some animals who weren’t being hunted because the park protects them. The white rhino is one of the animals who are in a lot of danger and we saw some of the last ones.
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