Lions: There is no doubt, are kings. Lying all day doing nothing, while their women are the hunted. And when get silly, if females are not the work because they have a litter to look after, eat up the pups so they could be pregnant again with their genes. Although not all live like kings. When a male has to leave the group to form his own, as they are very good hunters, you can reach starving. Final often a monarch ... 
Elephants: their herds not call them anything clans. In Kilimanjaro, we saw three of them formed a defensive circle around a dying breed. And so they stood, quiet but vigilant, each facing a different side, until the poor thing died. Ellos que necesitan comer 20 horas al día, aguantaron sin moverse del sitio todo el tiempo que hizo falta. En otro de los clanes, en cambio, vimos un montón de babys divertidísimos, algunos de ellos todavía aprendiendo a usar la trompa, moviéndola de un lado a otro, sin acertar a encontrar su propia boca.
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Guepardos: en inglés, cheeta. El más rápido de todos. 120 km/hora. Y el más noble, dicen, porque avisa antes de embestir. En realidad lo hace para no cansarse. Al espantar a la manada de impalas o ñus, éstas empiezan a correr y así puede identificar cuál es la más lenta e ir a por ella. Atleta short distances, so only a few seconds to catch their prey because after a few moments during the race, your body starts to heat up so much that you could lose your life. For Peter, the best, with a tail like that of Marsupilami, always standing on a stone and looking at infinity as if posing for a photo of National Geographic. Leopards: despite being the most abundant cats are also the hardest to see. They live in trees to hunt down only on Saturday night. The rest of the week pulling pantry. That is, the last dam that are hanging from the same branch where they lean. For Bethlehem, is an obsession to see them someday. For five safaris in five different countries and always have escaped.
Rhino: There are three types. Whites, blacks and dwarves, although the latter are unknown to most people. The first are the most abundant, having been reintroduced to many of the parks from South Africa. Blacks, however, were on the verge of extinction because of the absurd obsession with some wizards that the dust of his horns was magical. They are so sting for humans that are almost impossible to see. Buffalo: Bulls in a wig. Although they look like beasts, when they go in droves are nothing violent, despite the claims of the western movies. However, when walking alone and get into trouble, are those fleeing forward, wiping out whatever it takes. In fact, they are the most dangerous animals along with the elephants. When attacking pretend to be static, approaching the enemy with such secrecy that seems to walk with socks.
Giraffes: a camel with long neck and a pattern fashion. The queens of Africa. Seem from another world, especially when they are released to run. Are balanced in a way so uncoordinated that seems to be broken. Street, the most fearful. Dread of water to drink because the position they need to put your head hits the ground they is so complicated that if at the time, they attacked a lioness would be lost without remedy.
Impalas, a sort of African bambi. No one has heard of it
s until you go on safari. On the first day you get tired of them thinking that photos are in the middle of a Walt Disney film. In the end, you're so tired you'd rather see them tie to a tree and at least serve as a bait to have a little action. Although guys are not stupid hair. It is easy to see flocks composed of a single male with twenty or more Pivones. A harem of the good for which, yes, they have left the horns every day and every night. First fighting other champions who are competing for the title of beautiful savannah and then giving the callus with the girls. Zebras: impossible to know why nature dressed them with that striped pajamas. To shoot the best when your skin is kind of freaky sofa design of the sixties.
Gnus: Award Animalario the more cumbersome name. Wildebeest, what price (if you are not canaries, never will understand this terrible joke ...). Undoubtedly, he painted the Beast of Beauty was inspired by them. And no wonder because they seem haunted and sentenced people to wander through the bush until the zampe any predator. Nothing difficult thing because their defense mechanism is to stay as still as a donkey braying like them. Do not frighten or to scare the hyenas, but it may be that one lion has died from laughter to see them so ridiculous.
Africa National Parks:
Kruger Park, South Africa: the easiest to navigate but less authentic. Do it yourself. You go in your car circuits marked, unable to open the window. At night to sleep, have a simple bungalow in the garden with barbecue. Assured see anything but lions and leopards but sometimes even these too.
Etosha Park, Namibia: all we have seen, possibly the best. What you can do quietly in a rented car. The scenery is beautiful, especially the "bread", a semi-dry lake that looks like a sea, forgotten, but more than travel from one end to another, we recommend you stay in the Halali Camp. They have a pond that fed themselves with fresh water every day. There are passing all animals, even at night when you will see through the spotlight. Meanwhile, you sit quietly in the stands, with a glass of wine and a blanket if necessary. Pure luxury for four drives.
Park Moremi, Botswana, the most luxury of all if you can afford the plane to reach the exclusive lodges, such as Head Island, but it is so expensive that it's not worth it. With a hire car at least you will reach the most savage, like the Third Bridge where they say that lions strolling among the shops at night. If you like driving in a 4x4 you will pass the pipe, especially if you cross to get to the Chobe Park. The downside is that you can spend a long time without seeing anything.
Chobe Park, Botswana: the idyllic surroundings. It has a road running along the same river that forms the Victoria Falls after arriving at Zimbwawe and Zaire. While cataracts do not come to be seen, the "Riverside" is precious and you can drive yourself get between all such herds, including elephants. There are no lions but huge crocodiles.
Lake Manyara, Tanzania: Tanzania as whole, 99% of people go in groups or with a driver, although you could make your own. However, prices for entrance fees and camping permits are so expensive that the end comes from one eye to the face. It is best to look for a tour operator. This lake in particular has a very special landscape and lush, but is dispensable.
Serengeti Park, Tanzania: Maasai Mara with Kenya as the great plain where mammals reproduce the famous annual migration in search of fresh grass. Are never exactly the same months but tend to move to the north in July to return to Tanzania in October. It is best to organize an individual safari across the border following the migration. Is the park where the animals are more abundant.
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania: one of the nicest places we've never seen. Looks like a mirage with walls more than 600 feet high, forming a natural fence within which thousands of animals living as if in a dream. And this alone worth the trip. There we could see a black rhino, which is really hard to get.
Tarangeri Park, Tanzania: full Tse-Tse fly with a low river always full, so you have wildlife all year round especially elephants and zebras. Not very worthwhile.
Park Maasai Mara, Kenya: the continuation of the Serengeti in the north. A beautiful landscape with all kinds of animals. As in Tanzania, but much cheaper. In addition there are still camping store for a very reasonable price. And with hot water ... Can not go on your own as most of Kenya. The political situation and the worst roads in the world recommend you go on a tour. Now they are fixing, but God knows when to end.
Mount Kenya, Kenya's second highest peak in Africa, 5400 meters, with a very special way. Only worth going if you staying at the Serena Hotel. It is a luxury hotel chain in East Africa whose mission is "to satisfy our customers beyond their expectations." In the Mt Kenya hotel really get it. Champagne breakfast, all rooms with terrace overlooking the pond water with bay bunker in the middle of the waterhole, demand for wild cats and leopards, 24-hour alert to spot the animals than you do tell, etc. Lake Nakuru, famous for its pink flamingos but as you can find an even larger amount in the Lake Manyara or Ngorongoro in Tanzania. Here, however, more and less water so they prefer to migrate south. That itself is full reintroduced white rhinos, many who lost grace. Say it is one of the best places to see leopards but the truth, not painting. The best, which is close to Nairobi and you can sleep in bed to be next to Nakuru town.
Amboselli Park, Kenya would be a desert if not for the continuous melting of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa that, while in Tanzania, gives life to this park. Without doubt, one of the wonders of the world, not only for its special form with a very broad peak but because it seems an appearance in the middle of nowhere. Elephants, lions, cheetahs and others are an added bonus. Nobody can agree when the best time of year mists for viewing, so you better be a couple of nights to make sure. If you want to upload must do it from Mosha in Tanzania. Five or six days is enough and with a bit of fitness for any agencies you can put it all.
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