4:45 wake up, on the bus 5:15 and in our jeeps @ 6:00 — the game drive was off for 8 hours.   Kruger National Park, in northeastern South Africa, is one of Africa’s largest game reserves. Its high density of wild animals includes the Big 5: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and buffalos. Hundreds of other mammals make their home here, as do diverse bird species such as vultures, eagles and storks. Mountains, bush plains and tropical forests are all part of the landscape.   We probably only covered 2% of the park which is over 20k square kilometers.  It was an enjoyable day but with a little disappointment we did not see lions or leopards which we needed to complete our big 5 sightings. But more days to come.