Day Nine – The African Safari at the Nairobi National Park

Well, I almost didn’t go on the safari because I thought it would be lame.  But until you see the pictures, words cannot adequately describe the beauty of seeing the animals in the wild.  I realize some of you may have been to Lion Country Safari or some other similar amusement park safari; this is something quite set apart from those imitations.  All, but one of the delegates attended and he stayed back at the hotel for a noble reason.  “What was his reason?” you ask, well I am not going to say, but let I will tell you that his stock as a husband went up tenfold in my book (you rock Terry!).

Let’s see, I believe the first wild animal we saw was a hippo (which looked much like a large rock to me), but only part of his head was visible.  Disappointment easily set in, but we kept our hopes up after all it was still only 7:30 a.m. and the animals were bound to be out while it was still cool.  Sure enough, we came up on impala’s, heart beasts, and water buffalo next.  Our driver, Peter, was excellent and all of the drivers used two-way radios to update the caravans on animal spottings.  But nothing prepared me for what we saw next…beautiful, graceful and gigantic giraffes.  By looking at the pictures, you can tell how close we were to her.  She literally walked right past us and posed for our cameras.  Stunning!

In about two hours, we had spotted a vulture, ostrich, zebras, more impala, heart beasts and water buffalo and three lions.  We even came close to a pregnant lioness and that was absolutely amazing to see.  I discovered a hidden talent that I got honestly from my father; I have an “eye” for capturing subjects on film.  My pictures of these animals are spectacular, so please enjoy at www.flickr.com/photos/mytriptokenya-robin/

Hakuna Natata

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