Great Rift Valley
31 января 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Back on the road, beginning in Nairobi on 20 January. Today is the first chance I have had to have WIFI that would allow me to upload pictures.
These few pictures are taken from the roadside on theЧитать далее
The Masai Village
31 января 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
The Masai are the native people in this part of Africa. We visited a traditional Masai village where we were welcomed with the village's own welcome dance where they got us all to participate. We wereЧитать далее
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I think I must have some Masai in me Tall thin small heads and long necks not to mention colorful clothes :)
Masai Mara
31 января 2018 г., Кения ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
National park maintained and protected by the local Masai people as it is part of their historic lands. This large is essentially an extension of the Serengeti into Kenya. Lots of wildlife that willЧитать далее
Masai Mara lions
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The last 2 are an afternoon nap and a coupke cubs peeking over a rock ledge
Masai Mara cheetahs
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
The last 2 pictures are of a cheetah having lunch. I don't know for sure what the prey was, but was likely a gazelle. What you don't see is 2 trees full of vultures waiting their turn
Masai Mara elephants
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The last picture appears to be a couple juveniles acting like a mating ritual
Arija RestbergsHow close are you to everything or are you using a telescopic lens?
Masai Mara hippos and Nile crocodiles
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Resting near each other in the Mara River
Arija RestbergsWow, you must be in 7th heaven now - to see all those animal free and up close! Very jealous!!!
Masai Mara giraffes
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Masai Mara black rhino
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Very rare and very hard to see. Look closely, he's is hiding in the bushes, which is where they typically hide and why they are hard to find
Masai Mara antelopes and gazelles
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Masai Mara other fauna
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
wart hog, ostrich, hyena, guinea fowl, zebra, buffalo
Lake Nakuru
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
If you've seen TV shows where flamingos are "dancing" in a salt lake, this is such a place. The downside right now is that about every 50 years, the water level rises in the lake, diluting theЧитать далее
Lake Nakuru Park
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
If you look closely at the map, you will see that Lake Nakuru is part of a national park. In addition to the flamingos, other species are present. The rhinos here are white rhinos
The equator on the way to Uganda
2 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Sunset on the White Nile
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Now in Uganda in the town of Jinja
Murchison Falls
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Called the most powerful falls in the world, not the biggest, but the falls with the most water passing through a narrow rock cut. Hence the highest power. Pic are from below and from above theЧитать далее
Cruise on the Victoria Nile
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
In Murchison Falls National Park. The Victoria Nile feeds into Lake Albert. When the Nile leaves Lake Albert it is known as the Albert Nile. It becomes the Blue Nile when it gets to Khartoum.
This isЧитать далее
Cruise on the Victoria Nile II
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Besides birds, there were many hippos and elephants, including one group of elephants bathing. And some more birds. The red throated birds are bee eaters
Chimp Sanctuary
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
The chimps are in the trees feeding. They are hard to see. So look closely.
Rhino Sanctuary
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A preserve set up to rebuild the populations of white rhinos. They have received adults from a ranch in Kenya and Disneyworld's animal park. It turns out that the first calf born at the reserve a fewЧитать далее
Gorilla tracking
2 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This was one of the toughest hikes I've ever done. Walking in the rain forest up and down some pretty steep hills, crossing streams on logs and rocks (sometimes), ankle deep in mud, slippery roots andЧитать далее
Zanzibar, Stone Town Slave Market
21 февраля 2018 г., Танзания ⋅ ☁️ -5 °C
Zanzibar was the major slave trading center in East Africa up until about 100 years ago. The Stone Town market was closed in the late 19th century, but the trading continued clandestinely for someЧитать далее
Nairobi
21 февраля 2018 г., Кения ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
A view of the skyline with Uhuru (Freedom) Park in the foreground. This is where a major events in Nairobi take place, most recently the swearing in of Raila as "People's President." Pictures of theЧитать далее
Lake Bunyonyi Uganda
21 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
One of the largest, deepest lakes in Uganda, formed behind a lava dam. Various view of the lake taken on a boat ride to a pygmy village (see next post). The first pic is anohther boat on its way toЧитать далее
Pygmy Village on Lake Bunyonyi
21 февраля 2018 г., Уганда ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The pygmies had originally lived where the gorilla park now is . When that park was established, the villages were moved out of the park. This is one of the relocated villages. We were welcomed withЧитать далее