• Hot Air Balloon Ride + Safari

    October 14, 2024 in Kenya ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F

    First of all, last night's game drive was incredible. Black Rhino (hiding very well....there were actually 3), and a pair of male lions playing. Awesome experience. Our driver Nelson was wonderful.. And today was beyond incredible. Nursing giraffe, elephant and warthog. But collectively we saw (and I am likely missing some): mongoose, baboon, warthog, hippo, eland, impala, elephant, Mara Bush stork, vultures, water buck, zebra fresh kill by lions, cheetah (5)....mom +4, leopard + 1 baby, hyena, wildebeest and I KNOW I FORGOT SOME.
    I learned that it is: a tower of giraffe, a memory of elephants, a sounder of warthog, a dazel of zebra, and a raft of hippo. As we approached the exit of Masa Mara we came upon OVER 200 elephants. Many, many babies in the group. We have seen everything we came to see and more.
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