Annitta our guide from Zimbabwe tells as a about her rhino encounter in Kruger on her SAa17 South Africa Rainbow Route.

When our welcome party turned out to be a lion pride, we were now left with only four of the big five having ticked off one of the elusive ones, we definitely knew our time in Kruger was going to be spectacular. From the water hole we were rewarded with glimpses of a leopard as he ran parallel to us in the bush ,he tried to hide himself but the Francolins always gave him away .

We arrived at the campsite after countless antelope and bird siting’s not being able to believe our luck. We were able to tick off the Elephant and the Buffalo the next day and with fingers and toes crossed that we would manage to miraculously tick of the all of big five in Kruger, and we did.

On our last game drive which we started early in the morning animal peak period of activity, which also happened to be a slow exit to our next destination, we were surprised with both species of rhino, five white rhino and two black rhinos total bliss for one of our clients on tour who so happened to be an avid photographer she managed to capture them from every angle one could possibly dream of. This was all on a single stretch of road that my colleague and I had noticed the day before to have a dung Minden almost at every turn talk about a memorable send-off.

Rhinos are an endangered animal due to the persecution they have gone through over the years by humans actively poaching them for their horns which is falsely believed to carry medicinal properties. Both species are known to have dung mindens within their territories this being basically what we would call a toilet sport and most probably the reason for our luck was due to the fact that the boys were probably out to mark their territories, check out who’s been around and possibly if there were any females in oestrous in the vicinity.