Thundering herd of impala.

It was hard to get a good picture of a monkey because they tended to run pretty quickly. However, we caught one bunch of them in an easygoing mood. These were vervet monkeys. (There were no chimps in our area.)

Looks like some are duplex and triplex homes.

Monkey up close.

Since I was there, I went ahead and killed three rhino.

(Actually, they were sleeping.)

Interesting story. The sleeping rhino were on top of a ridge about 100 or 200 feet above a big valley. While we were watching them, we heard an elephant trumpet, then again and again. It was kind of a panicked sound, and when we looked across the valley we could see a small group of elephants sprinting through the trees, all "screaming". The ranger said it was extremely unusual, so we went across to see if the elephants were okay. Another land rover joined us, and we drove around looking for the elephants. They were in a very dense wooded area, and we managed to see them a little bit.

The picture below is on a high zoom, where we could see one of them in the trees.

Like the monkeys, baboons were hard to photograph because they moved fast. Also, baboons weren't common in our area, so it was a big surprise to run into a troop. I managed to get my camera up in time to get kind of a shot of one of them.

A couple of hours after the elephant sprint, we and the other land rover went back to the same area. They had calmed down, apparently, and wandered out onto the trail. There was a young elephant, and the ranger theorized that the young one had panicked about something and the older ones were chasing her just to stay with her.

The funny thing is that the young one came onto the trail right between the two land rovers. Our ranger decided to back up and give it some room, and started the land rover. The sound spooked the young one and it trumpeted, and boy oh boy one of the older elephants charged out of the trees toward our land rover and was not happy. The ranger kept backing up and the elephant stopped and calmed down. It was probably one of two times when I thought, "Hey, we could have a problem here." This photo is right when the older one was running out, just after the little one got spooked.

I only dream of this kind of vacation. Congratulations!

Good hippo shot.

I must say, it was way cool. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when we went.

Wildebeest at twilight. I think wildebeests are cool-looking. I may have a better shot later.

Impala fight!

They have a cool name, too. You think it would be spelled "wildebeast".

A couple of kudu, which are pretty big creatures. Probably not quite elk-size, but close.