Safari Day 2 4/3

This was our official first full day of safari. Unfortunately when we woke up, the outside weather already looked like it was changing. So animals are apparently more active in the early morning so this meant waking at 5:45AM every day to head out by 6AM when the gates opened to start driving around. We were soon to find out how exhausting safari is with all the concentration required to scan the bush/grass. It's even worse when you are the driver since you need to watch the road and the right-side. Fortunately the roads are in good condition and there really aren't that many cars in the park at one time given it's sheer size.

We were heading upwards to our next camp Satara which is known for big cats. We drove around most of the morning time with occasional breaks at rest-stops but by the time we got to our camp, it was starting to rain and never let up all night. We just grabbed dinner and called it any early day and hoped the next morning the rain would stop.

A rare hippo sighting outside of the water. There was a straight on headshot but i was too slow with the camera and another car zoomed by and scared off this poor hippo who promptly ran into an elephant causing the elephant to trumpet at the hippo and make the hippo run even further.

A family of elephants crossing the road.

A bunch of buffalo, one of the Big 5

Wildebeest

A living giraffe

What once was a living giraffe. No clue if it died of natural causes or eaten by predators but clearly only a giraffe could have that vertebrae column.