As you drive south you may be lucky enough to see a black rhino . Black rhinos were found throughout the park but recent poaching for their horns has drastically reduced their numbers. Rhinos are usually solitary as adults. The most stable association is that of a mother and calf which are usually found within a well defined home range. The range size varies according to vegetation and the density of the rhino population.
Black rhinos are browsers and have pointed prehensile lips adapted for browsing off thorny shrubs.
They feed at night, dawn and dusk, resting during the heat of the day. They have a good sense of hearing and smell but their sight is poor beyond 30 meters. A distinctive feature of rhinos is their habit of pooping in the same spot, then scattering it with their hind feet. In this area, as elsewhere, you will see the candelabra tree with its dark green, succulent branches. The trees are readily eaten by rhinos if they get knocked or blown down, but are not otherwise damaged by animals.