Wild Dogs, what's that?

In the afternoon we went on another Safari Drive.  Gavin went to sleep so Matt chose his own route.  When Gavin woke up he said Matt had taken the wrong road but we kept going for a little bit.  Good thing too because we got to see some Rhino right next to the road.  (We had already seen some, but this was the closest so far.)

Matt would have liked to just stay and watch them as he loves Rhino, but we had to skedaddle because we had gotten a tip from another driver that there was Wild Dog ahead.  (Good thing we took the wrong road..) He said 3 kilometers up the road, but it was more like 6 or something.  But we kept going and wahlah!  

Do you see him?

There was a whole pack of them!

We stayed and watched them as long as we could.  They are actually quite beautiful and unique looking.  We were hoping for some action shots, we thought maybe we would get one when this wildebeest came upon the scene:

He came this far, and the dogs are to the right out of the frame...but he sensed danger.  They didn't seem to see him, although it looked like they knew something was about.  He stood very still for awhile and then snuck away.  The only real action shot we got was this:

Yea, I just posted a pooping dog on my blog.  It's an exotic African Wild Dog so it's ok.

Like my sister said, "you don't see that every day."

They did move around a little bit:

Their markings are so cool.  People say they are actually one of the more vicious hunters in Africa.  They are endangered and it's rare to see them.  This is supposedly the only pack of Wild Dogs in this particular park so our seeing it was special.  

We stayed as long as we could, hoping for more action but eventually we had to leave so we could get out of the park gates in time.  A tip for any of you thinking of coming here, don't be late to leave the gate (Catchy huh?).  Because they fine you.  If we'd stayed a little longer they would have come out on the road, someone posted pictures of them next to the cars online later on.  Shame we missed it, but we had hit the road by then. 

More next time!