Arathusa Safari: 1st Morning Drive (11/21)

Howdy! Well, it is a rainy day in South Africa today (the 22nd), which was okay because we were spending the most of our day driving to Gaskrop. Kyles bag is still missing and that has been a huge pain in the butt. It will be a scene when we go back through Johannesburg to head to Victoria Falls- bags don't just disappear people!!!

It was sad to leave Arathusa Safari Lodge though- we had a hell of a time there... met some awesome people, and had some crazy cool drives!!! They bring you up SO close to the animals (as in just a few feet!), it is surreal. When you see the pictures you will understand.... Yes, I took them, no edits, and many look straight off a nat geo magazine. Here is a summary of the things we saw the first morning, that is all I have time for right now (pictures from the drive to go along with most of them):

** Giraffes

** Zebras

** Rhino (the biggest one both our ranger & tracker said they have ever seen- although it was not the first time they had seen this one).

** Cheetahs (the most rare of the things people like to see- we got lucky!)

** Leopard (prettiest animals ever!)

** Wart hogs (not pretty enough to waste my time uploading its own picture, lol- see it further away in the pic below)

** Impalas & Kudu (Impalas are everywhere and the Kudu are nothing uncommon either). Picture of Impalas from across the watering hole of our lodge- also you can see a wart hog in it too)
** Wildebeest

** Water Buffalo (I'll post a pic of this one under a later drive)