South Africa: An adventure with a history lesson : Day 7
Day 7: Sabi Sands: The big five and the colors of Soweto, Johannesburg. Our last day in the Greater Kruger area started at 4:30 am again. Our guide for the day had just returned from vacation and was full of energy. We started on our safari and soon we saw the mother and baby rhino close to where we had spotted them the previous evening. We then ran into a herd of elephants. One of the elephants was pregnant. A teenage elephant came really close to our vehicle and sniffed out our guide. They are such curious creatures. I don't think I ever got tired of seeing these magnificent animals. We saw some giraffes, impalas and zebras. We also saw some " Dagga boys " - namely a bachelor group of buffaloes which had been wallowing in the mud, "dagga" being another word for mud. Sabi Sands claims that you are almost guaranteed to see the big five on their safaris. "In Africa, the big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros (both bla
