Photo of the Day 44

Grazing Giraffe, South Africa, 1977

Photograph by James Blair

A giraffe samples foliage in South Africa's Mala Mala Game Reserve. Biologist and explorer Mike Fay calls Mala Mala the "Ferrari of game reserves" for its posh, safari-retro accommodations, lush grounds, top-notch management, and abundant wildlife, including lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, wildebeests, impalas, and giraffes.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "South Africa's Lonely Ordeal," June 1977, National Geographic Traveler magazine)