I was not aware that the Kruger park was over two million hectares in size. This is just a small view of the vast expanse. 

The skull of a buffalo. 

Wildebeest feeling the effects of the scorching sun.  

Wildebeest running to take refuge in the shade of a huge tree. 

One of many giraffe we encountered. They were rather timid and ran off when they became nervous. 

Buffalo grazing in a rather huge herd. We were rather close to them so I singled these two out. 

Hippos cooling off. It was 40 degrees Celcius in the park. 20 Dec 2006. 

You know its time to leave when the elephants get nervous and look as if they're going to charge.  

A male elephant joins the herd. 

Mother elephant is very protective of her little one. 

They both watch us wearily and are sooned joined by another mum and baby. 

Baby elephant joined his mother after noticing the spectators. 

Soon after the lions we spotted Elephants. 

A pride of lions cruise along beside the road on our second trip into the Kruger Park. We didn't expect to see them. This was literally shot after five minutes driving into the park. 

Zebra blending into the foliage. 

We were rather fortunate this year to have two vacations. The first was at the Drakensburg and this one was at the Kruger Park this week. At the start of our drive into the Kruger National Park, we first encountered these buck. They reminded me of Bambi and a book called The Yearling.