sandy grasso-boyd, photographer
sighting hippos on drive to Lukimbi
hippo is joined by two white ibises
Landrover with ranger and tracker
Our tracker waits for the elephant to cross the road
Mark, the Tracker
Lukimbi Safari in Kruger NP
Bill and Mark our friendly tracker
elephant closeup
Crouching Lioness
Plains zebra braying
black rhino, one of the big five
black rhinoceros with two sharp tusks
lioness in the grass
Bull elephant with one broken tusk
Craig, our ranger holding up an elephant thigh bone
Mark and Craig check out the tree for signs of small critters
mark our tracker
Mark, Craig, Ken, Gail, Bill, Don and Francine, our land rover buddies at Lukimbi
amazing clouds in HDL
the full safari group takes a morning coffee break ( two land rovers)
two lioness hanging out
sweet face on this lioness in the grass
my crouching lioness in black and white
giant eagle owl, so unusual to see in daytime
magpie shrike (african longtail shrike)
magpies greeting one another
magpies, settling in
This may be another type of long tailed shrike
female nyala
female nyala recognizd with her white body stripes
female nyala closeup
Impala with an oxpecker on his back
Lukimbi in Kruger NP
sighting water buffalo in river outside our cabin
secretary bird
Lukimbi Safari in Kruger NP. A bizarre grasslands bird with long skinny legs.http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_secretary_bird.html
secretary bird fluffing its feathers
Lukimbi Safari in Kruger NP. It stands 5ft tall with black quills that recall the kind used by Victorian secretaries.
Leopard staring out at us from the grass
Southern African Giraffe
dancing baby elephant
Lukimbi Safari in Kruger NP/ see video
her older brother
amarula tree that produce a wonderful liquor
