One of the many handsome dead trees we saw in Kruger #tree #reflection #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #naturephotography

We so enjoyed seeing the Lake Panic hippos that we returned first thing the next morning, and were rewarded with beautiful light and mist rising from the water #hippo #hippopotamus #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #sunrise

Franz Kruger, born on this day in 1797, earned the nickname Horse Kruger. He painted Prussian and Russian parades with an anatomist's precision, yet his real gift was the incidental: wind in a cloak, a hound in the snow, the moment before ceremony begins. #Kruger #Realism

Lake Panic has a popular bird hide, but on both our visits there the hippos were the stars of the show #hippo #hippopotamous #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #wildlifephotography

We were fortunate to see several varieties of kingfishers, including a brown-hooded kingfisher right outside our patio, and a giant kingfisher at Lake Panic. #bird #kingfisher #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #wildlifephotography #safari

We watched this pied kingfisher for a while at Biyamiti Weir. They hunt by hovering high in the air, then plunging straight down into the water. #bird #kingfisher #piedkingfisher #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #wildlifephotography

For a brief, wonderful moment, the leopard looked right at me #leopard #cat #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #wildlifephotography #safari

Ground hornbills #Krugernationalpark #kruger #southafrica

First leopard sighting! We actually saw more leopards than lions during our visit -- not what I would have anticipated #leopard #southafrica #kruger #krugernationalpark #wildlifephotography