What A Cute Baby Elephant!
One of the most fascinating aspects of a Safari is seeing all of the young babies out in the wild: in our 19 days across 3 countries and 5 safari lodges, we were continually amazed by the number of babies we encountered.
There were small, happy babies everywhere: from Elephants to Hippos, Zebra, Lion Cubs and Giraffes too!
Watch this as we come across a Giraffe following her young one – we catch up to their grazing after dark near our Singita Boulders lodge…keep watching for our happy surprise as the baby Giraffe appears and walks past our Jeep:
And watch closely to the end of this video showing a troop of Baboons wandering across the Singita Sabi Sands plains in South Africa…a baby is hanging on underneath Mom!
Another fascinating animal is the Warthog: who knows how old they are, they all seem the same size to me – anyway, here are a few that just watch us warily for a moment before going back to their meal:
And what about these two young Elephants: is it affection, horsing around, or a game of “tug of war?”
We also happened upon a baby Rhino with its Mom…note the horns are gently shaved down to prevent poaching – it doesn’t hurt at all and makes them less likely to be hunted:
Finally, here are two young Lions ambling back over to Mom to cuddle after a mid-day meal:
We loved seeing how affectionate the Lions were – well, when they weren’t eating – here is a close encounter we had with a pride of Lions finishing a kill when a fight broke out:
We also chased down some rarely spotted wild dogs of all ages…see our wild ride here:
I also want to reiterate that these safaris help protect wildlife – click here to find out more about the positive impact safari’s have on the animals and the local villagers who live here as well:
Yes, all of this made me hungry – so what do you eat on a safari? What about “Biltong?”
Click here to find out what it is and where you eat it!
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johnrieber 
Methinks some of these baby cuties are almost harder to resist than human ones . . . I could sit there and happily watch for hours . . . 🙂 !
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Sounds (and looks) like quite an adventure1
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i love, love baby animals, thanks for sharing these
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I cannot think of anything cuter the baby animals being themselves….as always great photos and a great adventure…..chuq
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Wonderful photographs of baby animals, John. I always enjoy seeing babies.
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Robbie, it inspires us because it gives hope to keeping our world a livable space for all creatures big and small…thank you as always for the comment!
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Yes, it certainly inspires me.
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