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Todays Image • Zebras In Africa

A pair of Zebra graze in Kruger National Park, the largest game reserve in Africa, covering an area of over 7,500 square miles. Park guides push the search for the “big five” (elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards and giraffes) but there are plenty of antelope, wart hogs, zebras, wildebeests, water buffalo and more to keep youContinue reading “Todays Image • Zebras In Africa”

Todays Image • A Man And His Seal

In lots of popular tourist destinations, you’ll find locals who dress up in costumes or perform traditional dances to attract tourists and earn money getting their pictures taken. We’ve found them everywhere like the girls in Inca costume with their llamas in Peru to aborigines in Sydney to street performers in New York. In HoutContinue reading “Todays Image • A Man And His Seal”

Todays Image • A Bull In The Bush

A lone bull elephant in Kruger National Park. Kruger is the largest game reserve in Africa, covering an area of over 7,500 square miles. Park guides push the search for the “big five” (elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards and Cape buffalo) and, as hard as it seems to believe, elephants are everywhere. From large herds toContinue reading “Todays Image • A Bull In The Bush”

Todays Image • Early Morning Giraffe

Sunrise in Kruger National Park is magical. It is the largest game reserve in Africa, covering an area of over 7,500 square miles. Park guides push the search for the “big five” (the lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, rhinoceros, and leopard) but there are plenty of antelope, wart hogs, zebras, wildebeests, water buffalo and moreContinue reading “Todays Image • Early Morning Giraffe”

Todays Image • The Lilac-Breasted Roller

The lilac-breasted roller is found mostly in Africa south of the Sahara. It is a medium-sized bird with a long tail with a lilac-colored breast and belly, a blue head and back, and a black eye stripe. Often referred to by common names in South Africa like “rainbow bird” its name in Afrikaans is bloukuifrolletjieContinue reading “Todays Image • The Lilac-Breasted Roller”

Todays Image • South Africa’s Cape

Cape Town, South Africa is located along the Atlantic coast between bays and the ocean and backed up by the northern end of the Sandstone Mountains. These mountains form the spine of the Cape Peninsula that terminates approximately 45 miles to the south at the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Point. Just driving southContinue reading “Todays Image • South Africa’s Cape”