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Safari in South Africa

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Photos from our Safari trip in South-Africa in 2010. We had a great time in Pilanesbarg national park just outside of Pretoria. The whole area is protected and you can go on guided tours, and we have done that twice. Every time a great experience. For more information about Pilanesberg park, please see here: http://www.pilanesberg-game-reserve.co.za/

We learned later that “Steroids” was put to sleep as he harassed many visitors to the reserve and he enjoyed playing with the cars. Sad story but understandable.

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The big elephant, named “Steroids” almost pushed us off the road. We have made a video of the whole incident that is on YouTube, please have a look:

\http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q7-yKrvv7w\

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