Wildlife Sightings List

Ok, so I'm going to list the wildlife we saw this trip... being wintertime, we saw a wonderful array of creatures! In fact, Mary and I got to see the "Big 5" (the five most dangerous animals of Africa: elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and leopard) three times over!!

Here's what we saw:

(in the Limpopo Transfrontier Park):
tree squirrels
grey duiker
steenbok
warthog
kudu
zebra
impala
wildebeest

(in Kruger Park)
impala
hippo
White rhino
Burchell's zebra
Chacma baboon
Blue wildebeest
elephant
giraffe
tree squirrels
warthog
bushbuck
Monitor lizard/leguaan
ostrich
steenbok
lion (including pride with cubs!!)
crocodile
Vervet monkey
Banded mongoose
turtles/terrapins
Cape buffalo
Dwarf mongoose
waterbuck
leopard
Slender mongoose
nyala
reedbuck
tsessebe
civet
cheetah
scrub hare
bushbabies
large-spotted genet
small-spotted genet
spotted hyena
black-backed jackal
kudu

*** if you are wondering what some of these animals are, here's a handy website for you, enjoy!
www.awf.org/section/wildlife/gallery