GIVE ME A COUPLE LONG NECKS

This blog and our safari started with the release of three giraffes at Frikkie's ranch. For such a large animal, they can fade into the bush surprisingly well. The large spots on their coat make a very effective camo pattern in places where the trees are at least as tall as they are. If the trees are shorter than that, they sort of stick out like a sore thumb. We had only been inside Kruger Park a very short time when a bull giraffe slowly made his way across the road in front of Frikkie's Toyota. I remember seeing giraffe at a great distance with just the out line of their heads above the african bush. Other times, we would see them very close. You would be driving along and suddenly...boom there was a giraffe. Trust me Kruger has a lot of long necks.  The nice thing about the giraffes in Kruger is they really don't mind having their picture taken. It seemed that they could have cared less about  us with our shutters clicking away. As Xanthe would say each time would we see the gentle giants, "They are just so beautiful."