Hunting the Big Five

The last one hundred years or more of foreign visitors to South Africa has been marred by poaching. Hunters sought to kill and mount "the big five," the African buffalo, the rhino, the lion, the leopard, and the elephant. My game will of course not be to hunt, but to capture the "Big 5" on film. I think I'll change the paradigm further though, but subbing out the animals I am less interested in. Buffaloes are clearly out because giraffes, hello? Leopards are seriously hard to find so hippos. Let's call this 'The Esser Big Five.' These are the five animals I'll be looking for the hardest during our visit to Kruger National Park in two days.

What I need from you is an ordered guess or which of these animals will be the most sighted during my first day in the park. Order the Esser Big Five and I'll keep a tally. The best guess will score an African bottle of liqueur or sash or something. Take a peek back to the end of my last trip to find out what a good gift giver I  am. For a tie breaker, let's say you also provide the number of what, from my experience has been the easiest to spot and count animal on my list, the giraffe. Let's get some guesses in the comments below.

Oh yeah, I went great while shark diving yesterday, but as internet runs out, that's a blog for another time. Best. Cliff. Hanger. EVER. Jaws etc.