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South Africa: Sun City & Kruger Park, October 2004

(Nikon D70, AF-S DX 12-24 f4G -with polariser most of the time- & Micro Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 only manual mode, so some exposure errors are expected)
Zürich airport to show begin and end of the trip

Zürich airport to show begin and end of the trip

The Voortrekker monument in Pretoria

The Voortrekker monument in Pretoria

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Sun city!

Sun city!

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Outside of the slides, the large sand beached swimming pool generates every 2 minutes a gigantic wave.

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DSC_1799.JPG Right at the elephants crossing route. They are specially thoughtful for their little ones. So you should make sure not doing any noise to irritate them.

Right at the elephants crossing route. They are specially thoughtful for their little ones. So you should make sure not doing any noise to irritate them.

If you do it by mistake, you may expect:

If you do it by mistake, you may expect:

Some very angry elephants. And letting us know. We were truly scared.

Some very angry elephants. And letting us know. We were truly scared.

We just stood very quiet and luckily she decided to go away

We just stood very quiet and luckily she decided to go away

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(fr. Grand Calao terrestre du sud)

Ground hornbill
(fr. Grand Calao terrestre du sud)

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DSC_2286.JPG DSC_2342.JPG The Olifant lodge

The Olifant lodge

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DSC_2663.JPG or waiting for the 20 zebras wandering some 100 m. from there (a hyeana was also waiting)

or waiting for the 20 zebras wandering some 100 m. from there (a hyeana was also waiting)

This and the followings are from the Matambeni bird hide near the Engelhard dam.

This and the followings are from the Matambeni bird hide near the Engelhard dam.

This is the best place we found to watch birds and other animals in Kruger! near Letaba

This is the best place we found to watch birds and other animals in Kruger! near Letaba

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Satara (not as good as the other lodges)

Satara (not as good as the other lodges)

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