Our big holiday vacation - Part 3 (Kruger National Park - Safari)

We definitely saved the best part of our vacation for last.  We got to spend 5 days on safari in Kruger National Park.  Based on our prior experience, we chose to do it much like the South Africans do and used the National Park's accommodations.  Not necessarily 5 star, but clean and comfortable for the most part.  Although the air conditioning was on the fritz at our first camp.  Luckily our second camp gave us more a/c than we needed.  The weather was warm (think 100 - 115 each day), but we seemed to adjust o.k.  While this was Chris and my third trip to Kruger, it was Lily's first and definitely did not disappoint.  We saw more animals and more variety than we ever had in the past.  Likely because the area was in a drought and many animals could be seen around water holes.  The highlight was seeing lions every day (some people come to Kruger and never see lions at all).  Many days we actually saw more than 1 pride.  And we saw many baby lions too.  Lily loved the Vervet monkeys that while annoying (they like to snag everyone's food) they are also incredibly cute.

Here are just a few (of the many) pictures from Kruger.