The Luckiest People On The Planet

I am feeling like the luckiest people on the planet today. While in Kruger we saw all of their endangered species. Our guide, Debbie, told us she had never had guests see all the Kruger endangered species in one visit. There are 120 cheetahs in Kruger and I knew not even to hope to see one. To be able to see 7 was mind blowing. We saw a white rhino and her baby and later in the day a male black rhino alone. They are endangered by human poachers for their ivory tusk. Most visitors to the park don't get excited about Wild dogs but they are also in danger of extinction and there are only 113 in Kruger. We saw nine, almost 10% of Kruger's population.

The final endangered species sighting was a bird, the Southern Ground Hornbill. They are endangered by elephants. Their nesting habitat is a tree that is a favorite of elephants to knockdown. Micah wasn't grasping the significance of seeing these animals until I explained to him that if measures weren't taken to protect these animals that by the time he was an adult they may be extinct like the dinosaurs. He would be a witness to their existence and their extinction.

                                                 Photo Credit: Rachael Costello