The Ankole-Watusi, also known as Ankole Longhorn, is a landracebreed of cattle originally native to Africa.Its large distinctive horns that can reach up to 2.4 m (8 feet) from tip to tipare used for defense and cooling by honeycombs of blood vessels.Ankoles are able to use poor-quality forage and limited quantities of feed and water.These survival abilities have allowed them as a breed to not only survive the centuries in Africa,but also to become established in Europe, South America, Australia, and North America. [from wikipedia]

The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus Taurotragus.[from wikipedia]

Notable features of great blue herons include slaty (gray with a slight azure blue) flight feathers, red-brown thighs, and a paired red-brown and black stripe up the flanks; the neck is rusty-gray, with black and white streaking down the front; the head is paler, with a nearly white face, and a pair of black or slate plumes runs from just above the eye to the back of the head.[from wikipedia]

African elephant societies are arranged around family units. Each family unit is made up of around ten closely related females and their calves and is led by an older female known as the matriarch. African elephants are highly intelligent, and they have a very large and highly convoluted neocortex, a trait they share with humans, apes and some dolphin species.[from wikipedia]

The giraffe (Giraffa) is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants. The genus consists of eleven species including Giraffa camelopardalis, the type species. Seven of these species are extinct, prehistoric species known from fossils, while four are still extant.[From Wikipedia]

The wildebeests, also called gnus or wildebai, are a genus of antelopes.Some illegal hunting goes on but the population trend is fairly stable and some populations are in national parks or on private land. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists both as least-concern species. [from wikipedia]

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae. The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse." [paraphrased from wikipeda]

The lion is one of the big cats in the genus Pantheraand a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lioncollectively denotes the several subspecies in Africa. It is thesecond-largest living cat after the tiger. Lions are unusually socialcompared to other cats.[from wikipedia]

Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species. Three of them are native to arid parts of Africa, and the fourth to the Arabian Peninsula.Here we illustrate two of the African species: The Gemsbok or Gemsbuck (Oryx gazella); and the Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the Southern Eland or Eland Antelope.

The ostrich or common ostrich (Struthio camelus) is either one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa.The ostrich's diet consists mainly of plant matter, though it also eats invertebrates. It lives in nomadic groups of 5 to 50 birds. When threatened, the ostrich will either hide itself by lying flat against the ground, or run away. If cornered, it can attack with a kick of its powerful legs.[from wikipedia]

A rhinoceros (meaning "nose horn"), often abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of these extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia. They generally eat leafy material, although their ability to ferment food in their hindgut allows them to subsist on more fibrous plant matter, if necessary. Unlike other perissodactyls, the two African species of rhinoceros lack teeth at the front of their mouths, relying instead on their lips to pluck food.[from wikipedia]

The sika deer (Cervus nippon) also known as the spotted deer or the Japanese deer, is a species of deer native to much of East Asia, and introduced to various other parts of the world. [from wikipedia]

The self-driving tour of the park followed a road first through the African section. Herein we document that drive.

Zebra are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black and white striped coats. Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual. There are three species of zebras: the plains zebra, the Grévy's zebra and the mountain zebra.