This South African elephant was in a playful mood at the Manyeleti Game Reserve in the Limpopo region. They look so majestic. And all the rangers considered the charge of an elephant extremely dangerous. But for quite sometime on a lazy afternoon this one kept playing with mud and water. And I so enjoyed clicking…
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If You Ever Find it Return it to Me!
I lost a piece of heart in these bushes, if you ever find it do return it to me. The South African bush, you never know what delights it has in store for you! It is all the more fascinating for what it hides rather than what it reveals, or rather when it reveals! I hope…
Vervet Monkey, South Africa
It was amazing to explore bit of South Africa. The people are gorgeous, their sense of humor is out of this world. The vistas are beautiful and wild life superb. We were lucky to spot these vervet monkeys. They don’t like being ignored. The lodge staff also told us that they would come to steal…
Spotting an African Lion on a Safari
The light was way too low but the sight was divine. When the dusk fell at the Manyeleti Game Reserve, our tracker was shining his torch around the bush and soon enough it caught the eye of an animal. And what an animal it was! Oh the thrill to see an African lion to walk…
Rhino Sighting- Too Close for Comfort?
I expected to see wild animals on a South African safari but I did not let my hopes rise beyond a point. After all my tiger sighting count in India is still stuck at zero after 4 different national parks! But the safari at the Manyeleti Game Reserve exceeded all expectations. When I first saw…
Franklin- A South African Bird
I could see the Franklin quite commonly on my my safaris in the Manyeleti Game Reserve in the Limpopo province in South Africa. And it is one noisy bird. It usually stays on the ground and would run away shrieking and howling whenever our jeeps would go too close to them1
Wildebeest
When I first say wildebeest I thought it was a close cousin of the bovine family. On reading about Wildebeest later I realized they are from the antelope family. My guide Erick would as usual try to converse with them. When we would try to take pictures he would command, “Stop you ugly beasts what…
The African Buffalo or the Cape Buffalo
The wildlife in South Africa is truly amazing. If you go on a safari, you will hear the term Big Five all the time. Cape Buffalo is part of the big five gang in Africa. When we asked our guides, why the African Buffalo or the Cape Buffalo is the part of the Big 5…
Close Encounters!
At Tintswalo Safari Lodge, three of us stayed at the Manor House. Manor House is about 5 minutes away from the main lodge by the safari jeep. We were always dropped to the lodge and we were severely discouraged from walking around on our own apart from the common areas in the main lodge. Manor…
Calling All Hippos!
As we got down from the car Erick started loading the rifle. He took out three bullets and told me, one is for you, the second is for this lady and the third is for her. Then he turned towards the only male member of the group and told him, “I am sorry I have…