(This is part of a trip report to Africa; I flew United First/Business Class using 120,000 miles and $87).

A wildebeast (wil-duh-beest) is a large antelope. A male serenades a female by humming, bellowing, and croaking, isn’t that romantic?!

 

They were too busy eating to even glance at us. Check out the baboon in the forefront of the picture!

Steenboks are a small antelope. There were herds of them all over, but they were skittish. They run from their predator in a zig zag fashion!

I’m not much of a “birder,” but I loved one bird in Africa – the Lilac Breasted Roller, or LBR for short. Their colors are absolutely magnificent!

Our third day in Hwange, Zimbabwe, we saw a pride of eighteen lions!

I always wonder, “What are they thinking?” when an animal seems to make direct eye contact like this! Maybe something like, “WHAT in the world are you doing?”

Mother nature is amazing and it’s wonderful to see different species together! Our first day we saw six species near the same water hole: jackal, eland, elephant, zebra, baboon, and impala. (Sorry, my picture of that didn’t turn out). But here are two together…

We saw this mama elephant, with two babies, about two and seven years old. Our guides were such experts on everything about the animals. I love the reflection in the water!

Elephants drink about 100-300 liters per day…

Just as sunset was ending, a hippo pops out of the water!

These pictures are all from one evening…the sunsets were extraordinarily beautiful!

 

 

This is one of my favorites…

Next up, giraffes and Victoria Falls!