Pilanesburg national park

Myself and Stace decided to go to this park for the day to see some of the bigger mammals we have. Wow we saw a lot! No predators unfortunately as it was the middle of summer and way too hot. Regardless, I got some pretty decent shots. We arrived at about 7AM and were one of the first ones there which was great. I was so excited because I hadn't been to a national park in about 16 years, which was the Kruger.

This Impala and her young were the first ones I snapped.It wasn't even 5 minutes through the gate. 

There must've been about 50 of them, as always.

I managed to get this great picture of a dung beetle rolling a fresh ball from the elephants droppings. They are amazing creatures. He would roll the ball a few cm and then climb on top of it to see which direction he was going and making sure it was safe. There are even signs on the road warning drivers to watch where they going so not to run them over!

Birdlife was plentiful, much to my liking. I captured this Lesser masked weaver singing away and trying to entice a worthy female to come and inspect his newly weaved nest.The one female who came to check it out wasn't really impressed and flew off to the next male. Poor guy. It can't be easy building something so intricate with just a beak and feet!

We were in for a real treat when we drove up this narrow and quiet dirt road. I noticed quite a few broken branches around and was certain there were elephants close by. Around the corner we found a small water hole and snapped this beautiful shot. This is probably one of my best ones so far.

 This Zebra was nice and close to our car. Great for a "Kodak Moment" There were quite a few babies around as well which was nice to see. Always in the same vicinity as the Blue Wildebeest. As far as I know, Zebras have a keen eyesight and Wildebeest have keen hearing so together, make a good team when looking out for predators. They looked very relaxed here so, unfortunate for us, knew we wouldn't be seeing any carnivores!

Well, that is all for now. Keep a look out for my next one in the following days to come.