I have just received and posted the photos from our Wolf Treks travelers who visited South Africa in late January. Traveler Anne Regans reports that the group was treated to array of African big game. They came across three male lions - a father and two sons - just after making a kill and filling their bellies. The big cats were lazing around like house cats, lying on their backs and soaking up the sun's rays, says Anne. In addition to the lions, our Wolf Trekkers saw elephants (the photo to the right), giraffes, zebra, hippos, water buffalo and an array of beautiful birds. At the Cape of Good Hope, Anne said the group was surprised when they were greeted by a beach teeming with penguins. In addition to their game safaris, the Wolf Trekkers also visited Cape Town, Johannesburg, Soweto and Victoria Falls. The poverty of Soweto was heart-breaking, Anne says. Post-trip feedback from the group shows the trip a winner. "The food was outstanding and the accommodations first-class," says Anne. As a result of the response, the Wolf Treks Travel Program will repeat this trip in 2009. If you want to be the first to receive a brochure for this trip, send an e-mail to alumni_travel@ncsu.edu. Ask to be placed on the South Africa mailing list.