Kruger National Park - Part 10

Today's photos were taken on our second afternoon at Pafuri in the Kruger National Park while on another game drive. The most exciting moment of the drive was watching the majestic bachelor bull elephants walking through the fever trees. The sound of trees cracking by their trunks in the stillness of the forest was like gunfire. The elephants also crossed the road in front of us, which you can see in one of the photos.

The fever trees were once thought to cause fevers by the early settlers, who didn't know about malaria at the time, and that is how the trees got their name. Interestingly, photosynthesis takes place in the tree's greenish yellow bark.

Another special location on our game drive was at the wetlands. We saw a wide variety of birds and the water lilies were shining in the sun's rays as it hung low in the sky. Our last stop of the evening was at the Limpopo River for sun-downers.

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Little Bee-eater

Hoopoe

Fever Trees

Bull Elephants Walking Through the Fever Trees

Zebra

Zebras and Baobab Trees

Warthogs

Grey Heron and Water Lilies

Egyptian Goose and Grey Heron

Great Egret and Water Lilies

Black-backed Jackals

Baobab Tree at Sunset

Saddle-billed Stork

Crocodile where the Luvuvhu
and Limpopo River meet

The Limpopo River

Related Posts:

Kruger National Park - Part 1

Kruger National Park - Part 2

Kruger National Park - Part 3

Kruger National Park - Part 4

Kruger National Park - Part 5

Kruger National Park - Part 6

Kruger National Park - Part 7

Kruger National Park - Part 8

Kruger National Park - Part 9

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Tina Morley

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by Tina Morley
unless stated otherwise.