The JimAnna Chronicles

The Kings of Kruger. She was surveying her domain. Lions have no fear of people. Although we were in our vehicle here, the window was rolled down and there was nothing stopping them from taking a swipe at us. However, we heard that the smell of the petroleum covers the human scent. I don’t know [...]

It was another early morning, and we had a spectacular sunrise to watch. I loved the varying layers of mist as the sun came up and warmed up the savannah. Somehow, I don’t think the giraffe were impressed by the sunrise. This unique looking creature is the Secretary Bird. It has an eagle-like body on [...]

OK, time to move out into the savannah area of the park. Although these pictures would seem to indicate otherwise, there were long periods that we didn’t see any big animals. Of course, there were other times that every turn had a new surprise. This was one of those times… These two adolescent males were [...]

We left Cape Town and flew to the northeast corner of South Africa to visit Kruger National park. We decided taking a vehicle and driving ourselves was the way to go. So, we rented a car from the airport and drove a couple hours to the park. Once inside, it was quite a sight. First [...]

Despite my best intention, this (and the remaining South Africa posts) have taken forever to publish. Our journey in Cape Town continued to the beach. We wanted to see the only African species of penguin, Spheniscus Demersus. There are 17 species penguins, but the African penguin is what lives in the Cape Town region. I [...]