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Nice Cheetah

Nice Cheetah

I had the opportunity to pet this cheetah while visiting the Cheetah Rehabilitation Center in the northwestern region of South Africa.

Baboon

Baboon

I photographed this Baboon at the Table Mountain National Park in South Africa last year. He was eating insects plucked from the grassy area.

Penguin Braying

Penguin Braying

This is another African Penguin photograph taken near Simon’s Town, South Africa during my trip to that great country last May.

Penguin Nest Builder

Penguin Nest Builder

I photographed this Penguin Nest Builder during my trip to Simon’s Town South Africa. The colony is located in the center of the town.

Little Bee-Eater Couple

Little Bee-Eater Couple

I spotted this pair of Little Bee-Eaters while on a trip to South Africa last year. The male on the left brought food to the female.

Little Bee-Eater

Little Bee-Eater

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I photographed this Little Bee-Eater at the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game-Reserve during my trip last May to South Africa.

Wahlberg's Eagle

Wahlberg’s Eagle

I photographed this Wahlberg’s Eagle at the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve during my trip to South Africa earlier this year.

Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Game Reserve, South Africa

Lonely Zebra

This is the last of my high-key images from my trip to South Africa. It is of a lonely zebra that I took at Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve.

Caracal

Caracal

I captured this image of a Caracal during my visit to the Cheetah Rehabilitation facility in the northeastern part of South Africa.

Male Nyala

Male Nyala

I was going through the remaining wildlife photos from my recent trip to South Africa when I came across this male Nyala.

Photo Safari, South Africa, Zulu Nyala Safari

Common Warthog

The Common Warthog is wild member of the pig family and is probably one of the ugliest animals in the animal kingdom. It’s not much better looking in person.

Penguin - Simon's Town SA

Strutting Penguin

One of the highlights to my trip to Cape Town in South Africa was a visit to Simon’s Town and specifically to Boulders Beach to see the the African Penguin.

Ostrich - Cape of Good Hope

Ostrich

I was expecting to see a lot of wildlife during my trip to South Africa but I was not expecting to see an Ostrich on the road to the Cape of Good Hope, but I did.

Nyala

Nyala

This photograph of a female Nyala was taken in the wild during one of our excursions at the Zulu-Nyala Game Reserve.

Baby Giraffe

Baby Giraffe

We spotted this baby giraffe during our second Safari outing. It was so close to the vehicle that I was able to capture a very sharp image.

Elephants

Elephants

This photograph was taken during one of the safaris I took part of at the Zulu-Nyala Game Reserve. They only had two adult female elephants and one offspring.

Baby Baboon

Baby Baboon

One of the more prolific animals in South Africa has to be the Baboon (Papio). I saw Baboons in almost every location that I visited.

Parasite Remover

Parasite Remover

I was impressed by the number of parasites on the wildlife during my trip to South Africa. The Red-billed Oxpecker helped rid these parasites from their host.

Zebra

Zebra

One of the common animals we saw during the photo safaris was the Zebra. Specifically these were Plains Zebras which differ slightly from Mountain Zebras.

Angry Monkey

Angry Monkey

Our guide tried to find the elusive Black Rhinoceros during our last safari. Unfortunately he proved to be elusive but we fond a Vervet Monkey in a tree.

Vervet Monkey

Vervet Monkey

I encountered dozens of Vervet Monkeys at the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in northeastern South Africa, many of them were aggressively trying to get food from us.

Cheetah

Cheetah

We had a chance to visit a Cheetah rehabilitation center who’s goal is to care for orphaned Cheetahs, Serval Cats, African Wildcats and Caracal.

Giraffe

Giraffe

We completed our second photo safari yesterday and photographed wildlife in the morning light. It seemed like most of what we saw were giraffes.

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus

After two days of travel, it was great to arrive at our final destination. We decided to go on our first photo safari immediately upon arrival to our lodge.