{"id":573899055,"date":"2026-06-01T20:09:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573899055"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:55:43","slug":"other-animals-at-kruger-national-park-part-three-of-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/06\/01\/other-animals-at-kruger-national-park-part-three-of-day-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Other animals at Kruger National Park, part three of day four"},"content":{"rendered":"

After this morning’s<\/a> cheetah experience<\/a>, I could have called it a day. Could have called it a safari. But we were hardly done. Indeed, that was just the start of day four. (And there’s our final ride tomorrow.)<\/p>\n

We saw a lot more, including: <\/p>\n

\nVultures (not pictured)
\nJackal (not pictured) (So there was a kill nearby.)
\nOstriches
\nWildebeest
\nRhino (not pictured)
\nRed crested corran (not pictured)
\nKudu
\nElephants
\nGuinea fowl
\nMongoose (not pictured)
\nHornbill (not pictured)
\nRoller
\nZebra
\nGiant bony plated lizard (not pictured)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pretty much all of the ones not pictured are for practical reasons. They were on the wrong side of the vehicle, the photos just weren’t good or, like the rhinoceros, they were too far away. Had the rhino been closer that would have been an equally exciting moment. At a distance, and through binoculars, we had a few nice contemplative moments considering the plight of that species, and the poachers and smugglers that are threatening them. Simon, who has been doing this sort of work for 20-plus years, says he is now charting the number of times a year he sees the rhinos. This was just his 14th encounter of the year.<\/p>\n

This evening, we had a pleasant and peaceful ride, but it was more of a hayride than safari. The spotlights were spotty, and the conditions were not especially conducive to conventional photography. Nevertheless, we saw: <\/p>\n

\nVerreaux\u2019s Eagle Owl (backlit against the red sky) (not pictured)
\nSide-striped jackal (Very rare) (not pictured)
\nBlack banned jackal (not pictured)
\nCommon African cat (not pictured)
\nLarge spotted genet (in the spotlight, below)
\nHippos (not pictured)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Our last safari ride is tomorrow. Let’s make it a good one. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After this morning’s cheetah experience, I could have called it a day. Could have called it a safari. But we were hardly done. Indeed, that was just the start of day four. (And there’s our final ride tomorrow.) We saw a lot more, including: Vultures (not pictured) Jackal (not pictured) (So there was a kill […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,3,10,117,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573899055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-monday","category-photo","category-safari","category-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573899055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573899055"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573899055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573899061,"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573899055\/revisions\/573899061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573899055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573899055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573899055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}