Kenya Safaris

Left IAH Thursday to Heathrow to Nairobi. On Saturday we went on a safari!

Joaquin, me, Casey, Anali

Hello!

   

These mommas stood their ground and sent the white rhino packing 

Note the city in the background 

While another lion across the street chilled by the water

Hartebeest (African antelope)

Impala

Zebra, foal & oxpeckers

Flocks of ostriches

Got stuck once

Black rhino

Cheetah cub chirped for mom!

Riding and bumping in the safari van with the top popped up was half the fun

Maasai tribe (red, cane, earrings)

We stopped to view the Great Rift Valley on way to MaaiMahiu

The rift continues to grow as it attempts to split Africa in two

Who’s crossing the roads in Kenya? 

Baboons, warthogs, goats, giraffes and camels.

On the next Saturday, we went to Naivasha Lake for a beautiful water safari!

Look at us: gleefully about to get into hippo-infested waters

So cute how they twitch their ears

Pelicans

Hungry hungry hippo!

And this guy is fishing in the crook of the tree!

There were no crocodiles, we gave the hippos space, and did not feed them. The guide did throw a fish for an eagle to swoop and get.

Coming up to an island and what do we see…

giraffes!!

Out of Africa was filmed here

Enjoying the beauty and pinching ourselves.

Water buck

 

We all survived the safari and were treated to the antics of the monkeys back on land.