Family Fun Travel

06/01/2026

One of the most dangerous animals in Africa surprisingly isn't 🦁 lion's, although they certainly are, but hippos! That being said, they are really cool to see, particularly if you are lucky enough to see them out of the water. And they live in the same water as crocodiles! We were told crocs may try to go after a baby hippo, but never an adult. A hippo can literally bite them in half!

And FYI, all our pictures and videos have been only taken with our Samsung S25 and S26 Ultra phones!

06/01/2026

Another fabulous morning! The private game reserves are a very cool experience. You are basically riding on 4 wheel drive trails in the bush (what they call the woods) and looking for animals. A tracker rides on the jumpseat in the front all of the time except when you see elephants, then takes a rear seat. At times you may be riding for a while and seeing nothing but then suddenly BAM! Like this, an entire group of elephants 🐘. One massive bull! You are so close, and you hear and see them knock over large trees like nothing.

06/01/2026

Up at 5:30 am for our morning safari and it didn't disappoint! Lions and elephants and coffee with the hippos!

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05/31/2026

We checked in today to our lodge at Karongwe private reserve. Another awesome experience! This is 'glamping', meaning super cushy camping 🏕, but not really camping. We are in an elevated tent structure, but check it out! After dark we are not allowed to go to or from our tents unless escorted because animals roam freely, including ones that can eat you! But they won't come into the tents. We were also told do not leave any food visible and to lock our tent doors or monkeys would come in! We did have monkeys 🐒 in Kruger grab things right in front of us!

Love this room too!

05/31/2026

Experience of a lifetime!!! Turn up the sound too!

05/31/2026

The animals we saw yesterday in Kruger!

100 years old today 30 May 2026

Impala Antelope ( Mc Donald's of the bush)

Waterbuck ( Toilet seat Antelope)

Blue Wildebeest ( Gnu)

Chacma Baboons

African Buffalo 🐃

Lioness plus her 4 cubs

African Elephants 🐘

Southern Giraffe 🦒

Hippos

Greater Kudu

Dwarf Mongoose

Slender Mongoose

Vervet Monkeys

Tree Squirrel

Warthog ( Pumba)

Burchell/ Plains Zebra

Nile Crocodile 🐊

Terrapin

Thank you Bush !!😍🐃🐆🦒🦓🐘🦛🇿🇦

05/31/2026

Say cheese!

05/31/2026

I could watch them all day, all the way around us!! Please add this to your lifetime bucket list! Contact us for a private trip of a lifetime! We are in a private tour with just 8 of us!! And it is affordable!