After the game park we drove to St. Lucia and the Isimangaliso Wetland Park. We took a river cruise on Lake St. Lucia and saw lots of hippopotamus' and crocodiles.
Here is one hippo floating in the water. They aren't able to swim, so they go under water and walk on the bottom to move. I am not sure how the 2000+ pounds can float and keep its head above water.
Here they are all basking in the sun. They usually keep the baby hippos in the center of all the adults for protection.
Here is a group stading in the shallow water. They are grazers so they eventually have to get out of the water to eat. They don't eat fish or anything that comes from the water.
Me with a hippo skull! Hippos kill more people every year than any other animal. They don't eat them, they just trample over them if they are in the way.
We also saw lots of crocs.
There weren't any huge ones (I assume that they have all been made into belts and purses,) but there were lots of little ones.
Here is a view of the lake towards the ocean. The 'mountain' in the back is the tallest vegetative sand dune in Africa. That just means that plants can grow all over the sand.
Here is a view of the dunes from the ocean. You can see the sand and the vegetation from this picture.
Here are some native Zulu warrior dancers. They greeted us as we got off the boat. There were some really little guys, and they sure could dance!
