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AFRICA 2019
Kenya and Tanzania July 2019 Under an acacia tree in Kenya and out on the open plains of Tanzania we raised our glasses in celebration of our 55th wedding anniversary this past July Our adventures took us to Mt Kilimanjaro where the clouds parted just in time to behold its majestic beauty and the Masai Mara filled with wildebeests and zebras from the recent migration We watched with eyes wide open as two male lions raised their haunches competing for a female and then experienced exciting leopard and cheetah sightings on the Serengeti This epic trip was awe inspiring and full of visual moments
Nairobi July 18th
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage
Rothschild giraffe
Giraffe Center for Rothschild protection
Mbogani House once the home of Karen Blixen who lived in the house from 1917 until 1931 when she had to sell the farm and leave Kenya never to return
Nairobi market
Tawai Lodge Amboseli National Park Kenya July 19th
Amboseli National Park offers spectacular views of the snowcapped peak of Mt Kilimanjaro
A female gerenuk giraffe gazelle
Our guide Tom welcomed us to his village to meet his chief and tribe
Superb Starling
Lewa Safari Camp Central Meru and Nyeri July 21st The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a private 65 000 acre game reserve of rolling planes acacia forests swamps and rivers The conservancy is home to 10 of Kenya s black rhino s population and also the world s largest population of Grevy s zebras
Enjoying eggs and sausage following a sunrise safari drive
Meeting children at the Lewa Downs Primary School part of the Lewa Conservancy Project
For as far as the eye could see hundreds of Cape buffalo treking down hill to the large watering hole
A lucky sighting of Grevy s zebra
Burchell s zebra
High Above the Mara River Masai Mara Game Reserve spans over 500 square miles of savannas woodlands and tree fringed rivers With the Mara s healthy lion population commanding the top of the food chain the Mara boasts the greatest concentration of species in Kenya As well as other wildlife the Masai Mara is also home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribe
Govenors II Moran Camp Narok Rift Valley July 24th
Parasitic Weaver Gray Crowned Crane Egret
Pied Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher Male ostrich mating dance Sacred Ibis
Spotted Hyena s kill just as the sun rose on the horizon
Bush breakfast
Lilac Breasted Roller
The Six Marsh Males reside and control much of the east marsh Bila Shaka and Topi Plains areas these six males have sired the cubs of the Marsh Pride lionesses and Madomo Ridge Pride The most dominant of the six males is Baba Yao he has also sired the majority of the cubs to the Madomo Ridge Pride These males tend to move between the two prides and on the late morning of the 25th in the lower Topi Plains grasslands two members of the six male coalition fought heavily over an oestrus lioness It was Baba Yao who was shaken and put down by another younger male on this morning These males also like to move around between the west Marsh Bila Shaka Olare Orok and Malima Tatu are this is a large home range Patrick Reynolds Governors II Moran Camp
Lilac Breasted Roller Egyptian Geese
African Jacana Gray Heron Black Winged Stilt White Bellied Go Away Bird
Hamerkop Blacksmith Plover
Yellow Billed Stork
Siringit Serengeti Camp Tanzania July 27th Spanning some 10 000 square miles of rolling golden grassland Tanzania s iconic Serengeti National Park shares a boarder with Kenya s vast Masai Mara Game Reserve The Serengeti supports one of the largest concentrations of wildlife in the world
Day long feast
Lake Manyara National Park July 30th
Road to Ngorongoro
Neptune Ngorongoro Lodge July 30th
Occupying a massive caldera in the plains of northeastern Tanzania the Ngorongoro Crater supports a microcosm of East African wildlife From the edge of the crater one looks down on a 2000 foot chasm formed long ago with a diameter of close to 12 miles
There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive Karen Blixen
