Photo journal: Highlights from my first South African safari

Our 5 unbelievable days on safari in Kruger National Park & Sabi Sands Private Reserve have left me with a lifetime of amazing animal memories (and several thousand photos that took a ridiculous amount of time to sort through). Maybe we got extremely lucky to see as much as we did or maybe safari is just always this exciting, but, either way, I wouldn’t change a thing about my first South African safari and I wouldn’t trade any of these animal sightings. Here are just a few of my favourite photos from our drives through Kruger and Sabi Sands last week.

And if you want to read more about what we did each day:

• Day 1: Kruger National Park
• Day 2: Kruger National Park
• Day 3: Kruger National Park to Sabi Sands Private Reserve
• Day 4: Sabi Sands Private Reserve
• Day 5: Sabi Sands Private Reserve

Read more about our South African safari

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI DAY 1: BLYDE RIVER CANYON & KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI DAY 2: SATARA REST CAMP, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI DAY 3: FROM KRUGER NATIONAL PARK TO SABI SANDS GAME RESERVE

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI DAY 4: ARATHUSA SAFARI LODGE, SABI SANDS

SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI DAY 5: OUR LAST DAY IN SABI SANDS

COMPARING SAFARIS IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SABI SANDS PRIVATE GAME RESERVE & ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK

A GUIDE TO PLANNING THE BEST SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI