At the end of the day—we all agreed that it had been a wonderful day, filled with once in a lifetime experiences. It all started very early at 5:30 when we piled into three open Lorries for our full day excursion around Kruger National Park. By the time we stopped for breakfast at 9 AM, many were ready for Lunch. The sun grew hotter and hotter but the cool breeze blowing through the open lorries helped to cool us down.
And what sights we saw. We saw Elephants, Baboons, Franklin (like a Grouse), a Giraffes, a Black Rhino, White Rhino’s, Steenbok Antelope,
Lilac Breast Roller
, Warthog,
Kudu’s 
and numerous other birds and mammals, but the great cats eluded us. By lunch many were hot and a tad discouraged, then came the good word that someone had spotted a pair of mating lions at a distant part of the park. With a touch of skepticism and a thank you for a little cloud cover we were off on the quest of our lion sighting. The trip was quite long, but to everyone’s delight—along the way Clark spotted a Leopard—halleluiah! A few quick turns later and all of us had the opportunity to view and maybe take a few pictures of this amazing animal. Then on with the lion hunt.
On the way we spotted our first zebra since entering Kruger, and then—in the middle of the field were our Lions. 
We observed their courting behavior for close to a half and hour, then were on our way back to the hotel and some cool time in rooms, the pool, or in the bar.
And what sights we saw. We saw Elephants, Baboons, Franklin (like a Grouse), a Giraffes, a Black Rhino, White Rhino’s, Steenbok Antelope,
Lilac Breast Roller, Warthog, Kudu’s and numerous other birds and mammals, but the great cats eluded us. By lunch many were hot and a tad discouraged, then came the good word that someone had spotted a pair of mating lions at a distant part of the park. With a touch of skepticism and a thank you for a little cloud cover we were off on the quest of our lion sighting. The trip was quite long, but to everyone’s delight—along the way Clark spotted a Leopard—halleluiah! A few quick turns later and all of us had the opportunity to view and maybe take a few pictures of this amazing animal. Then on with the lion hunt. On the way we spotted our first zebra since entering Kruger, and then—in the middle of the field were our Lions. We observed their courting behavior for close to a half and hour, then were on our way back to the hotel and some cool time in rooms, the pool, or in the bar.
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