Visiting South Africa was a beautiful experience. I will be back!
Mambo stone sculpture at ‘The Sculpture Garden’, Kirstenbosch NBG, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/252NP3s
Until next time!
Skin
Loxodonta africana
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/267U3ma
The Gentle Giant
A huge battleworn male quietly eating while we passed in front of him.
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
• South African giraffe / Cape giraffe
• Jirafa de Sudáfrica (macho)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Giraffidae
Genus:Giraffa
Species:G. camelopardalis
Subspecies:G. c. giraffa
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/261sX1C
Beautiful young lady
Loxodonta africana
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/265fHBH
Giraffes at Mankwe dam
Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
• South African giraffe / Cape giraffe
• Jirafa de Sudáfrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Giraffidae
Genus:Giraffa
Species:G. camelopardalis
Subspecies:G. c. giraffa
Mankwe dam, Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
💡 Click! to zoom
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24X2kjW
Tired trunk
A one tusked, lone male bull African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) near a dam at Pilanesberg.
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/GmNZ5X
Euplectes orix
• Southern red bishop / red bishop
• Obispo rojo
• Obispo rojo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Ploceidae
Genus:Euplectes
Species:E. orix
Middleburg, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/23aWpHj
The Delville Wood Memorial
Memorial to the South Africaners who fell in the Great War.
The Company’s Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/HMLzWu
Blyde River Canyon & The Three Rondavels
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25Jx2ZJ
Cape Town from Table Mountain
Cape Town panorama from Table Mountain, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Tamron 28-75mm, 4 shots
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24p6NMM
The Port Captain’s Office
The clock tower at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront was the original Port Captain’s Office, built in 1882.
V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24DhVbw
Platboom Bay
Platboom Bay is a beautiful beach along the coastline nestled in the Cape of Good Hope Nature reserve, Cape Town, South Africa.
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25EeULJ
Stigmochelys pardalis
• Leopard tortoise
• Tortuga leopardo
• Tortuga leopardo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Testudinidae
Genus:Stigmochelys
Species:S. pardalis
Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, northeastern South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/HxKtR9
Pilanesberg landscape
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
Part of my travel to South Africa, 2018
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24jA7R6
Elephant family
Loxodonta africana
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Mankwe dam, Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/22VQJmN
Stigmochelys pardalis
• Leopard tortoise
• Tortuga leopardo
• Tortuga leopardo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Testudinidae
Genus:Stigmochelys
Species:S. pardalis
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/G2aLez
Aepyceros melampus melampus
• Impala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
Subfamily:Aepycerotinae
Genus:Aepyceros
Species:A. melampus
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/22SqcBs
Arctocephalus pusillus
Cape Fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony on Duiker Island
• Cape fur seal / Brown fur seal / South African fur seal
• Lobo marino sudafricano / Lobo de El Cabo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Clade:Pinnipedia
Family:Otariidae
Genus:Arctocephalus
Species:A. pusillus
Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24xg7Ff
Motacilla aguimp
• African pied wagtail / African wagtail
• Lavandera africana
• Lavandera africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Motacillidae
Genus:Motacilla
Species:M. aguimp
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/22RB16W
Aepyceros melampus melampus
• Impala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
Subfamily:Aepycerotinae
Genus:Aepyceros
Species:A. melampus
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25BvmGZ
Attentive look
Equus burchelli
• Burchell’s Zebra, Damara zebra, Zululand zebra.
• Cebra de Burchell
Southern subspecies of the plains zebra.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Perissodactyla
Family:Equidae
Genus:Equus
Species:E. quagga
Subspecies:E. q. burchelli
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/HstvR3
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
• Vervet monkey
• Cercopiteco verde
• Tumbili
• Cercopiteco verde
• Tumbili
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Primates
Suborder:Haplorhini
Infraorder:Simiiformes
Family:Cercopithecidae
Genus:Chlorocebus
Species:C. pygerythrus
Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, northeastern South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24vzTfG
Hlanganani Marimba Band
Hlanganani Marimba Band performing live at the V&A Waterfront at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25vS1Qu
Face off
Curious young elephant (Loxodonta africana) near the entrance of Pilanesberg park.
• African Elephant / African bush elephant / African savanna elephant
• Elefante Africano / elefante africano de sabana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Proboscidea
Family:Elephantidae
Genus:Loxodonta
Species:L. africana
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/25vSaLW
Phalacrocorax lucidus
• White-breasted cormorant
• Cormorán cuelliblanco
• Cormorán cuelliblanco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Suliformes
Family:Phalacrocoracidae
Genus:Phalacrocorax
Species:P. lucidus
Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa
via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/24dqkCe
