Looking over the Sabie River at dawnToo many landscape pics by far... So today it's true landscapes, next it will be trees. I've also realised (me and my brain like a colander) that I've forgotten the birds... Anyone want to see birds? Other than the wicked hornbill, that is? Let me know in the comments section, please.
The landscape in the Kruger National Park is very varied - from savanna plains to bush and scrub, from granite outcrops (koppies) which simply pop up out of the rolling plains to mountains, from rivers and waterholes to forests. And of course, one can't omit the dramatic sunrises and sunsets.
Looking south over the savanna plains in the Orpen region
Same plains, looking north
On the savanna plains
Miles of bushveldI'm not sure that winter necessarily does the landscapes justice - though it certainly makes it dramatic. Summer images - during the rainy season - are quite different, lush and green - making game spotting somewhat more difficult. Though, I'll say this, trying to spot grey and golden animals in a grey and golden landscape is pretty darned tricky too!
Sabie River in the dawn light
Rock pools on the Sabie River
Dense riverine enviroment, perfect for elusive spotted gorgeousnesses
Lake Panic 
Lichen encrusted koppies - i.e. granite outcrops
Renosterkoppies
Boulder alone
Bushveld
Rolling west towards the Drakensberg escarpment
Moon over bushveld
The old railway bridge at Skukuza, now a baboon crossing.
First rays - Skukuza
Predawn light - Skukuza
Sunrise - Skukuza
Sun in the bridge - Skukuza
Molten sunrise
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