Tall trio

A towering trio looks on as a watercolor sunset washes the vast veld they call home. The world giraffe population is estimated at a little over 100,000, and several thousand of them live here in Kruger National Park. Founded in 1926 as South Africa's first national park, Kruger is one of Africa's biggest game reserves at more than 7,500 square miles. In addition to South African giraffes (one of nine giraffe subspecies), the huge park protects robust populations of rhinos, elephants, lions, and more.