The animals in the park

We had many unforgettable moment in the park surrounded by the animals. Here are some pictures of the ones that I've seen.

The sleepy lions.






The running elephants. There are 240 elephants in the park, so it is impossible not to see them.





A red hartebeest. There is something mysterious about these animals, but I haven't quite figured it out yet, what. They seem somehow unreal.









The ostriches. They are not too clever: the guide told us, that if a lion is chasing an ostrich, the ostrich runs maybe 20 meters, then thinks that the danger is over, stops, and the lion just comes and eats it.




The burchells zebras. They are a bit more difficult to see. We only saw them twice from a long distance, and then on the last day we finally saw them closer.






The warthogs. These were one of my favourite animals there. You see them easily, and they are so ugly that they are cute.




A buffalo. You wouldn't want to make him angry!







A back-backed jackal. You only see these very early in the morning and when it's dark.










A bokmakierie. These yellow birds are really pretty.








A kudu. There were a lot of these. This is the animal that the Africans like to eat, and they also make beautiful jewellery of its horns and bones. (But they don't hunt it just to get the bones and horns.) You can find out how old a kudu is by counting the turns in its horns. This one is about 6-7 years old.






A leopard tortoise. Usually they don't move much, but we noticed that they get very active in the afternoon. This one is almost running.





We even had the privilege to see a tortoise having a shit. I know, it's disgusting, but it was just so funny!






A gorgeous bird that I don't know what it is.








And last but not least, my favourite: flightless dung beetle. The ball that he is pushing is made of elephant's dung and it is the same size as a tennis ball. So you can see, the bug itself is also big. They roll their dung balls on the roads and you are not allowed to drive over one. When they are on the move, the roads are full of them, and you really have to be careful not to kill one.


There are still some more animals, that I have seen, but I don't have pictures of them.