South Africa is in the southern hemisphere, so the further South you go, the colder it gets. That explains the penguins near the Cape of Good Hope!
The Pilanesberg Game Reserve covers 215 square miles and contains 7000 South African native animals. We woke at 5:00 a.m. for a dawn animal viewing and did another one for three hours around dusk.
Return to South Africa Trip – Pictures

this isn’t too far from Antarctica!

the rock hyrax is actually kin to elephants

roadside baboons try to get into cars for food

male ostrich always looking out for predators

giraffe peaking over the bushes to see who had come to visit

why DID the zebras cross the road?

breakfast time!

weaver bird nests hang like Christmas ornaments from small trees

Southern masked weaver

orange weaver with some building material

who interrupted my breakfast?

a kudu says “I can hear you!”

just passing through