2011 Staff Trip to South Africa. Trip of a lifetime. Shots taken with a basic Lumix super-zoom. No room for decent lenses in the backpack. Amazing world over there.
Just down the street from the naval base in Simonstown is Boulders Beach. Penguins live here.
African street dancers in Simonstown
In S. Africa you say zeh-bra, not zee-bra
Happy family
Giraffe, the poster
A rare sighting of a cheetah family enjoying a fresh impala. Mama's in back--these "babies" are a few months old.
Tsitsikamma National Park. Incredible geology happening here.
Pulled into Hlosi Game Ranch to start the trip with a 2 day safari. Was not expecting such swank digs in the African Bush.
Arriving at Hlosi Game Lodge in the Eastern Cape. monkeys, impalas, elephants and who knows what else roamed past our windows at night.
Baby Elephant Walk
mud bath!
here come the babies
Um....hello.
Elephants in the mist
When they flap their ears at you...be afraid!
Pushme pullyu?
We were the only ones to spot the wild lion. This one is a big boy, the son of the biggest known lion in S. Africa, who currently lives in Kruger Nat'l park.
majestic horns! talk about a tower of power
A vervet
Wild aloe along the Bushmans River valley
d'oh.
Clara and Rodger Dodger the Danger Ranger
"why the long face?" - Reece
Fran does the happy dance
Bullish on Africa
Fantasy zebra poster
Safari life is rough. Rodger pulls out the Castle and biltong.
Deb Reece standing in "God's Window" on the Bushmans River